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Lincolnwood Elementary classes resume after gun magazine recovered from student

Police recover gun magazine from boy, 8, at Evanston elementary school
Police recover gun magazine from boy, 8, at Evanston elementary school 00:24

EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) -- Students at an Evanston school return to class after it was placed on lockdown Wednesday when a handgun magazine was found in a student's backpack.

Police rushed to Lincolnwood Elementary after an 8-year-old boy told his teacher he had the firearm ammunition in his bag. There was no gun.

Police took the magazine - but said there were no threats, and the boy did not intend to cause any harm.

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