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Quick-Thinking Teacher Recovers Loaded Gun From Elementary School Student In Alexandria: Police Quick-Thinking Teacher Recovers Loaded Gun From Elementary School Student In Alexandria: Police
Quick-Thinking Teacher Recovers Loaded Gun From Elementary School Student In Alexandria: Police The Alexandria Police Department continues to investigate after an elementary school student was caught bringing a gun to class on Friday. Officers were called to the Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy on March 1 when a teacher heard the child voluntarily mention that he was carrying the weapon inside his backpack. Police say that the student brought the loaded gun into school inside his bag, and voluntarily mentioned it in conversation with their teacher on Friday that they were armed. The teacher immediately took possession of the student's bag, notified school administrators, and the poli…

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by Zak Failla
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Alexandria Teen Found Dead Loved Playing Guitar, Starbucks: Loved Ones Alexandria Teen Found Dead Loved Playing Guitar, Starbucks: Loved Ones
Alexandria Teen Found Dead Loved Playing Guitar, Starbucks: Loved Ones Support was mounting for the family of a 16-year-old Alexandria boy found dead this week. Yonathan Vasquez Méndez, an Alexandria City High School freshman, was found dead at home Tuesday, May 2, according to school officials and NBC Washington. A GoFundMe launched for the Vazquez Mendez family had raised more than $,600 as of Friday, May 5. "Yonathan was a son, brother, cousin, nephew, friend, and most importantly a child of God," the page reads.  "He dedicated his time and life to Jesus Christ alongside his family and played the guitar in his congregation. During his free time he lo…

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by Cecilia Levine