IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. — A teenager is accused of bringing a gun on the campus of an Iredell County high school, deputies said.
It happened on Aug. 10 during an open house at West Iredell High School but wasn’t reported until a week later, according to the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office.
Detectives learned the teen who brought the gun on campus was a former student and had gone to the open house with friends.
After interviewing the teen and their parents, detectives learned the teen did have a gun that they had kept in their waistband.
The sheriff’s office asked the Department of Juvenile Justice to charge the teen with felony possessing a weapon on educational property.
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