LIVE FOR US NOW IN SOUTHGATE. OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES. LET'S GET OVER TO PAULA TUTMAN SHE'S LIVE WHERE A NEWS CONFERENCE WITH POLICE JUST ENDED. PAULA WHAT ARE POLICE SAYING ABOUT THIS STUDENT AND THE GUN. WHAT'S NEXT? Reporter: KAREN, I'M AT SOUTHGATE LIBRARY IT'S A NEWS CONFERENCE WITH THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY. INTERESTING THAT ROGER JUST SAID THAT HE'S HEARING THAT THIS KID WAS BULLIED. BECAUSE WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT TOLD US IS THAT THIS IS A VERY POPULAR CHILD HE MADE VERY, VERY GOOD GRADES. ALSO, WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE CHANGED. THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT IS SAYING THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE METAL DETECTORS AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL. BASICALLY, THE DOORS ARE OPEN. STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO PILE. IN THEY THEN LOCK THE DOORS AFTER THE STUDENTS ARE INSIDE THE SCHOOL. SO THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT A GUN WAS EVEN IN THE SCHOOL. THEY HAD ABSOLUTELY NO INKLING UNTIL THIS EIGHTH GRADER WAS FOUND. BUT THEY DO REALIZE THAT NOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE POLICY. THEY'RE GOING HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SECURITY. THEIR SECURITY MEASURES EVEN MORE. WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING FORWARD. WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO WITH THESE STUDENTS? THEY SENT THEM HOME TODAY. THEY WILL BE HOME TOMORROW. HE TALKED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. TOMORROW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR STAFF THAT NEED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COUNSELLING AVAILABLE FOR OUR STAFF TOMORROW. BE DISTRICTS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA SURROUNDING SOUTHGATE HAVE ALL CONTACTED ME TO PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR OUR STAFF AND FOR OUR KIDS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF COUNSELLORS IN OUR BUILDING ON MONDAY WHEN THE KIDS RETURN BACK TO SCHOOL TO HAVE THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME. Reporter: AND IT REALLY IS A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. SO SCHOOL IS CLOSED FOR THE REST OF TODAY. IT WILL BE CLOSED AGAIN TOMORROW. STUDENTS WILL RETURN. THEY'LL RETURN TO COUNSELLORS IF THEY NEED TO SPEAK TO THEM AND IN THE MEANTIME, THEY'VE GOT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR POLICIES RIGHT NOW. WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED SOMETHING ELSE AT THOSE DOORS WHEN THOSE STUDENTS GO IN AGAIN THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA AT ALL THE GUN WAS EVEN IN THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE METAL DETECTORS OR ANYBODY AT THE DOOR AS THOSE STUDENTS ARE GOING IN THE SCHOOL IS LOCKED ONCE STUDENTS ARE INSIDE. SO THERE'S I GUESS YOU CAN SAY, KAREN, THERE'S DEFINITELY A HOLE IN THE SECURITY RIGHT THERE THAT THEY REALIZE AND THEY'LL BE TALKING ABOUT.