Loaded Gun found in Boston high school

Marie Szaniszlo

A loaded 9 mm pistol was found inside a city school this week, renewing cries for police to be allowed back patrolling the hallways.

The gun was found in a storage room at the Young Achievers Science and Math Pilot K-8 School, according to Boston Police investigating the incident.

“If there are armed security at City Hall, the State House and Mayor (Michelle) Wu’s house — not to mention at elite, mostly white universities like Harvard and MIT — then the mayor needs to explain why white adults are protected while children whose only crime is being Black and poor are not,” said the Rev. Eugene Rivers, a vocal leader in Boston for neighborhood rights.

Last November, the principal of the Dr. William Henderson K-12 Inclusion School was beaten unconscious, forcing school officials to cancel classes for several days and to come up with a new plan that would allow for a safe return.

And on March 13 of this year, a girl was brutally beaten at Boston Arts Academy by a group of students who had been threatening to “jump” her, according to police. She was taken by ambulance to Boston Children’s Hospital, where she continued to receive threats via text to hunt her down there, police said.

The girl told officers she was extremely shaken and feared for her life, according to Boston Police, who are also investigating that incident.