A ten-year-old boy (not pictured) reportedly faces expulsion after firing a pretend bow and arrow at school (Picture: Alamy)

A ten-year-old boy has reportedly been suspended from school after he ‘fired’ an imaginary bow and arrow at another pupil.

Johnny Jones, a fifth grader at South Eastern Middle School in Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania, is said to have been suspended for one day after making the gesture and now faces expulsion.

According to the Rutherford Institute, which is defending the youngster, Johnny was accused of breaching the school’s regulations on using weapons, even though the bow and arrow were not real.

He was reprimanded after the girl he ‘fired’ the bow at notified a teacher.


The Rutherford Institute’s president John W. Whitehead said: ‘We all want to keep the schools safe, but I’d far prefer to see something credible done about actual threats, rather than this on-going, senseless targeting of imaginary horseplay.’



The human rights organisation has requested the suspension be removed and no further action be taken.

The school has yet to make a comment.