15-Year-Old Facing Charges For Weapon On Campus
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HALTOM CITY (CBSDFW.COM) - A Haltom High School student was arrested for bringing a realistic air gun replica of a Beretta 92 handgun to class on the first day of school.
Haltom City Police say a student told a School Resource Officer at Haltom High School he'd seen another student with a weapon.
The SRO notified dispatch and along with other officers, found the student in a classroom.
The student was detained without incident and admitted to having a weapon. Police removed the weapon and arrested the student and took him to the Tarrant County Juvenile Detention Center on the charge of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
Police say it appears the student brought the weapon for his personal protection.
The investigation continues.
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