Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.

He started the backpack company in 1967, while still in college, and went on to revolutionize the way students carry books.

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He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.

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Police respond to a report of a gun at Clinton Elementary School. The Rock County Communications Center confirmed the report made Friday afternoon. School officials told police around 1:30 p.m.

Though backpack bans are rare, school leaders across the state face a similar imperative to protect students from violence by any means necessary, oftentimes with limited resources at their disposal.

The 13-year-old student who entered Kenosha's Roosevelt Elementary School on Thursday carrying a backpack and duffel bag has been charged with one count of terroristic threats.

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Murray McCory, who founded JanSport while a student at UW and whose lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students, died Oct. 7 in Seattle.