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OAK PARK, Ill. -- Keyon Robinson was just a month away from graduating from high school when he took a loaded gun, placed it in his backpack and headed to campus.
Communities are struggling with how to support students and intervene before weapons are brought to class.
In May, Oak Park police got a tip and arrested student Keyon Robinson with a gun on his high school campus. Robinson says he brought the gun in a backpack for protection after fighting with a relative. He's now 19 and calls his decision senseless. Meanwhile, Oak Park and River Forest High School is tightening security, as it tries to reassure a worried community. Robinson's case highlights a larger debate for students and schools around security and second chances.
Keyon Robinson was just a month away from graduating from high school when he took a loaded gun, placed it in his backpack and headed to campus.