Officials say an airsoft pistol was confiscated at a Dubuque high school on Tuesday. School officials and police found the airsoft gun in a student’s backpack at Dubuque Senior High School based on a student report. A report says the airsoft was never taken out of the backpack and was never displayed in a threatening manner. Principal Brian Howes noted that dangerous items of any kind are not allowed at school at any time, for any reason and that appropriate action will be taken following an investigation. The incident happened at the same time as a scheduled, random walkthrough of school parking lots by the Dubuque Police Department K-9 unit. However, the two instances are not related.