ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Police say a student took a stolen, loaded gun to his Georgia high school that had been used in two drive-by shootings.
Athens-Clarke County police spokesman Geof Gilland tells news outlets the 15-year-old male was arrested Wednesday after he was found with the gun authorities have linked to the two shootings. Police say a school resource officer found the gun in his backpack.
Police did not identify the student. Authoriites say he was taken into custody at Cedar Shoals High on a charge of possessing a gun on school grounds and two aggravated assault counts.
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Investigators determined the gun was recently taken from a vehicle and had been used in shootings this week. No one was injured in either shooting.
The boy is being held pending a juvenile court appearance.
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