15 Year-Old Charged After Gun Found At Wayne County School

GOLDSBORO, N.C. — A 15-year-old student was taken into custody after a handgun was discovered on campus at Eastern Wayne High School on March 4.

According to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, a school resource officer was called to the school’s front office after administrators received a tip that a student might have a gun on campus.

School officials located the student and conducted a search, during which they found a handgun inside the juvenile’s coat pocket. The school resource officer took possession of the weapon and detained the student.

The juvenile was placed under secure custody and transported to the Pitt County Juvenile Detention Center.

Authorities said juvenile petitions have been filed charging the student with possession of a weapon on educational property, carrying a concealed gun, possession of a firearm with an altered or removed serial number, and minor possession of a handgun.

Because the suspect is a juvenile, the student’s name was not released.