All Manassas Park City Schools Closed After Loaded Handgun Found In Parking Lot

Updated at 11 a.m.

MANASSAS PARK, VA –The Manassas Park City School District announced Monday morning that all of its schools would be closed after a weapon was found in a school parking lot.

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According to a statement from the school district, a loaded handgun was found by a Manassas Park City Schools transportation employee in the Manassas Park Middle School parking lot at about 6:30 a.m. on Monday. The weapon was found between two school division vans.

According to the school district, the Manassas Park Police Department was immediately notified. It was the police department that determined that the gun was loaded.

An alert posted on the school district's website says the schools were closed out of an abundance of caution and to give Manassas Park police time to investigate the situation.

The school district says it is not aware of any ongoing threat connected to the weapon and thanked the transportation employee who found the weapon during a morning safety check.

According to a report by InsideNoVA, the alert went out to parents around 7 a.m. Monday.

The Manassas Park City School District encompasses four schools: two elementary schools, a middle school and a high school.

This is a breaking news story. It will be updated.