Boys suspended for airsoft guns in yard

Has zero tolerance gone too far?
By Andy Fox

  • Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 10:37 AM EDT
  • Published: Monday, September 23, 2013, 10:37 AM EDT



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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) - Monday, a suspended seventh grade Virginia Beach student will find out if he is expelled for the rest of the year for shooting an airsoft gun.
Like thousands of others in Hampton Roads, Khalid Caraballo plays with airsoft guns. Caraballo and his friend Aidan were suspended because they shot two other friends who were with them while playing with the guns as they waited for the bus to come.
WAVY News’ Andy Fox spoke with Khalid and asked if he took the gun to the bus stop or school. Khalid answered “No, sir,” to both questions.
Aidan’s father Tim Clark told WAVY.com what happened next lacks commons sense. The children were suspended for possession, handling and use of a firearm.
A toy gun that never went to the bus stop, the bus or school.
Has zero tolerance gone too far? Andy Fox looks into the policy in a special report beginning at 5 p.m. on WAVY News.