By Sahar Chmais

A Hays High School student went to campus last week with an airsoft gun in his backpack, and was overheard stating that he was planning on using it at school.

Students who heard the conversation alerted adults on campus. An administrator found the airgun, a replica toy gun used in airsoft sports, that can shoot plastic or resin round balls that look like ‘BBs.’

The student is a juvenile male, but his identity has not been released.

The Hays County Sheriff’s Office i...