HERSHEY — A western Nebraska school went into lockdown after a student pulled out what looked like a deadly firearm.
Authorities say the boy took the gun from his backpack Wednesday outside a school in Hershey after most of the students had left for the day. The school was placed in lockdown to protect the remaining students and the school staff.
Deputies soon found and apprehended the boy and several students with him. Their names haven't been released.
The gun turned out to be an airsoft pellet gun that the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office described as "a realistic replica of a pistol."