Report: Teen brings gun to Heritage Christian football game - 13 WTHR Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS - Some parents and students are just now learning that a teenager attended their homecoming game carrying a gun.

It happened at Heritage Christian School last week. The teen is a former student at Heritage. Police think it may be linked to the boy being bullied.  

There are three investigations about the 14-year-old who brought the gun to Heritage Christian. The teen told his father he was being picked on by bullies at school.  

During the Heritage Christian homecoming game, students say the boy, who is not a student, dropped a handgun.

Eyewitness News talked with parents and students about the gun as they left school Thursday.

"It shouldn't happen. I mean, it just should not occur. It would just be bad. It's bad for everyone. It's unsafe," said Laura, a student.

"I believe in the security that is here. I think they are doing a good job doing all they can. Things can happen no matter what campus you are on," said Brian Boone, parent.

"It's kind of freaky a little bit. But I think they will fix it and go about doing the best for it," said Daniel, a student.

According to Metro Police, the boy's father told school officials he allows his son to carry a firearm to school to protect himself from bullies. The same student got kicked out of a home school program in Fishers after administrators learned about the gun at Heritage Christian.

Psychologist Dr B. Randal Horton says victims must blow the whistle on their bully.

"The students who continued to be bullied, a lot of them don't know what to do. They feel isolated when they are being bullied, feel embarrassed, so they tend to keep it a secret," said Horton.

But the gun is no longer a secret.

Heritage Christian Superintendent Jeff Wilcox said they are cooperating with police. He released this statement:

"Heritage Christian School is aware that an ongoing criminal investigation regarding a NON-Heritage student is being conducted by law enforcement. In our desire to cooperate fully with the agencies involved we are unable to release any additional information at this time. Those in the Heritage Christian community can rest assured we have policies and procedures in place and those are being followed at this time. There is no immediate or perceived safety concerns for the Heritage campus."

Although there are no immediate safety concerns at the school, the school never notified parents or students about the gun investigation. Some of them are just now finding out.

Brian Boone told us it "would have been nice" to be notified about the incident.

The school addressed that in a second statement Thursday, saying, "In response to today's noon media coverage and the desire to clarity, Heritage Christian Schools did not learn of the incident at homecoming until late Tuesday afternoon and within a 24 hour period of receiving information in regards to the incident, Heritage Christian began to communicate in cooperation with local law enforcement agencies."

Metro Police declined to talk about the case, calling it an ongoing investigation