According to News Times, Adams is an eighth-grade science teacher.
Police said in a statement that they were confident that “security precautions put in place prior to the incident were instrumental in the quick and appropriate response to the event.”
Newtown has been scarred by the shooting rampage that happened years ago. Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit founded and led by several family members whose loved ones were killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, released a statement following Adams’ arrest.
“We are dismayed that this could happen in a school, especially one in a community as traumatized as Newtown,” said Sandy Hook Promise.
“We commend the Newtown Police Department and Newtown Public Schools for their thoughtful handling of the arrest of science teacher Jason Adams for violating the law by bringing a weapon onto school grounds,” they added.
