A HAWKINS COUNTY SCHOOL WAS PLACED ON LOCKDOWN THIS MORNING AFTER SCHOOL OFFICIALS WERE NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A GUN COULD BE ON ONE OF THE BUSES. ACCORDING TO HAWKIN’S COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDANT CHARLOTTE BRITTON, THERE WERE TENSE MOMENTS EARLIER TODAY AS BULLS GAP SCHOOL ON SOUTH MAIN STREEET WAS PLACED IN LOCKDOWN AND THE BUS SEARCHED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A RESULT OF ONE STUDENT REPORTEDLY TELLING ANOTHER STUDENT ABOUT A WEAPON ONBOARD. AFTER LEARNING OF THE POSSBILITY OF THE WEAPON ON THE BUS, THE DRIVER OF BUS NUMBER 203 ALERTED THE COUNTY BUS GARAGE. THEN 9-1-1 WAS CALLED. OFFICERS MET THE BUS AT THE SCHOOL. STUDENTS WERE KEPT ON THE BUS, AND THEN ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE BUS ONE AT A TIME. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.