Mother brings guns into Round Hill school
By Jason Jacks
A parent brought three guns into Round Hill Elementary School early May 13, authorities said.
Deputies were sent to the western Loudoun school at around 9:30 a.m. after school officials reported that a woman was acting "erratically," authorities said. The 45-year-old Round Hill woman, who authorities are not identifying, told the deputies she had the guns in her purse.
"At no time did a student see the guns," said Loudoun schools spokesman Wayde Byard. “And at no time did a teacher see the guns.” He said no one was threatened by the woman.
Byard said the woman, a mother of a student at the school, called the school at about 8:45 to request a meeting with staff. She arrived at the school 20 minutes later and announced herself through a security video phone. Byard said staff recognized her and “buzzed” her into the building.
While speaking with Round Hill Elementary assistant principal Kirsten O'Hara, the woman became "agitated," Byard said. Staff then called the Sheriff's Office. Two deputies went to the school and found the guns.
"They did everything they were supposed to do," Byard said of the school staff's actions.
After a mental evaluation, authorities took the woman to the Inova Loudoun Medical Campus in Leesburg on a temporary detention order, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The Sheriff’s Office and the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney are reviewing the case, and charges are pending.
Byard would not comment on if the woman has been involved in similar incidents at the school in the past.