ARRESTS MADE AFTER GUN AND BULLETS FOUND AT TRIGG COUNTY HIGH

            THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH WORSE AT TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL THIS MORNING.

            CADIZ POLICE SAY A STUDENT NOTIFIED PRINCIPAL SHANNON BURCHAM THEY OVERHEARD A STUDENT ON A BUS SAYING SOMEONE HAD WEAPON AND WAS BRINGING IT TO THE SCHOOL.

            BURCHAM NOTIFIED SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER DAVE COLBERT AND THE BUILDING WAS PLACED ON LOCKDOWN WHILE THE INVESTIGATION GOT UNDERWAY.

            SHORTLY AFTER, POLICE FOUND THE TWO STUDENTS AND FOUND AN UNLOADED 9MM PISTOL IN A BACKPACK, WHICH ALSO CONTAINED A MAGAZINE WITH BULLETS. THE MAGAZINE WAS NOT INSIDE THE HANDGUN.

            ARRESTED WERE A 15-YEAR OLD MALE FRESHMAN AND A 16-YEAR OLD MALE FRESHMAN. BOTH WERE CHARGED WITH FELONY UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.

            THE 15-YEAR OLD WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH THEFT OF A FIREARM—WHILE THE 16-YEAR OLD FACES RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY CHARGES.

            POLICE SAY THE 15-YEAR OLD TOOK THE GUN FROM A SAFE IN HIS HOME AND GAVE IT TO THE 16-YEAR OLD BEFORE SCHOOL BEGAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPAYING A DEBT.

            THE PAIR WAS STILL IN POLICE CUSTODY AS OF NOON. THE COURT DESIGNATED WORKER AND TRIGG COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WILL BE LODGED IN A JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER.

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