{"id":175668,"date":"2026-04-25T09:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/175668\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:22:14","slug":"student-reports-gun-at-shafer-middle-school-bensalem-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/175668\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Reports \u2018Gun\u2019 At Shafer Middle School: Bensalem Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Daily Voice;\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyvoice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Daily Voice\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"264\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/491775a0-81c5-11f0-9efb-babb779dc17b.png\"\/><\/a>Updated Sat, April 25, 2026 at 3:08 AM UTC<img alt=\"The &quot;gun&quot; that was found at Shafer Middle School in Bensalem.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"899\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3f528ffdc39bb9906a931e3f2768eadc.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;gun&#8221; that was found at Shafer Middle School in Bensalem. \u2014 Bensalem PD<\/p>\n<p>A report of a student carrying a suspected firearm inside a Bucks County school prompted a swift response from staff and police, authorities announced.<\/p>\n<p>Administrative personnel at Shafer Middle School in Bensalem were alerted on Friday, April 24, after a student reported seeing a male classmate with what appeared to be a gun in his waistband, according to Bensalem Police.<\/p>\n<p>The student said the suspected weapon was visible when the classmate lifted his shirt, police detailed.<\/p>\n<p>A School Resource Officer and additional officers responded immediately as a school administrator located the student and safely removed the weapon, which was later identified as a BB gun, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, a second student was identified as being involved in bringing the BB gun to school, police added.<\/p>\n<p>School officials will handle internal discipline for both students, while the police investigation remains ongoing. No identities have been released.<\/p>\n<p>Bensalem Police commended the student who reported the incident and praised school staff for their quick actions in safely resolving the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Sat, April 25, 2026 at 3:08 AM UTC The &#8220;gun&#8221; that was found at Shafer Middle School&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,2165,194,760,78673],"class_list":["post-175668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-police","tag-bensalem-township","tag-middle-school","tag-school-officials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}