Crime & Safety
Seventh-Grader Brings Loaded Gun To Baltimore School: Reports
The student brought the gun to Joseph C. Briscoe Academy after getting into a fight with a staff member, reports said.
BALTIMORE, MD — A seventh-grade student was taken into custody Wednesday after he was found with a loaded gun at school, according to multiple reports citing Baltimore school officials.
A report by WBAL-TV citing school officials said the student brought the gun to Joseph C. Briscoe Academy on Druid Hill Avenue after getting into a fight with a staff member. The student then left the campus before returning with the gun.
When the student returned, school police were notified and caught the boy with the gun before he entered the school building, Fox Baltimore reported.
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No one was injured, according to reports.
A school spokesperson told Fox Baltimore the student "will likely be charged."
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