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POSTVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The Postville school superintendent in northeast Iowa says two sixth-graders have been suspended for shooting airsoft guns at five classmates.
Superintendent Abe Maske said Tuesday that none of the five suffered serious injuries from the plastic pellets fired Monday afternoon outside the kindergarten-through-sixth-grade building after lunch. Maske says the district is still investigating the incident so he couldn't yet say what final discipline the students will face. The last day of classes is Friday.
The airsoft guns are considered weapons under the district policy.
Maske also says that near as he knows the two boys haven't been criminally charged. The Postville police chief didn't immediately return messages from The Associated Press.
Airsoft guns are used for recreation and have become training tools for law enforcement and military agencies.
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