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A loaded gun sat unnoticed for six weeks in the Lee's Summit West High School Theater after police did not search the theater when notified by its owner he could have left the gun in the theater.

Two students found the gun the morning of August 26 and reported their discovery to school administrators.

A school administrator called police.

A Lee's Summit police officer checked the serial number and realized the gun was reported missing on July 11.

Dr. David Buck, Lee's Summit School District Superintendent, said in a letter to families on Aug. 26 "at no point were school officials made aware of the possibility that a weapon may have been left on campus."

The owner told police the night he lost the gun he went to a HyVee grocery store, to a friend's house and to a performance

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