Updated: Apr 7, 2025 / 10:17 AM CDT MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A student at Kirby Middle School was caught with a knife on Monday morning, according to the Memphis Police Department.

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Memphis Police (MPD) said officers were called to Kirby Middle School — located in the Hickory Hill neighborhood — just after 9 a.m. about "an armed person" at the school.