Concerned parents contacted FOX 5 Atlanta after a gun was discovered in a bathroom at Durham Middle School in Acworth on Wednesday night during a school event.
According to a message sent to families, the firearm was immediately reported and confiscated, and the school emphasized that there was no active threat.
The Cobb County School District told FOX 5 Atlanta that the adult who brought the gun forward realized it had been accidentally left in the bathroom.
The school district reiterated that neither students nor the school community were in danger.
