NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A student at Granby High in Norfolk has been charged after police found a stolen gun at the school.
The Norfolk Police Department says they responded to Granby High around noon Monday following a report of a student who might have had a gun.
“Our Norfolk Police school resource officer acted immediately and the weapon was secured,” Principal Thomas Smigiel Jr. said in a message to parents. “There was no stated threat and no one was harmed.”
During the investigation, officers say the handgun was recovered and they also learned that it was stolen.
Police said the 15-year-old student was taken into custody and facing multiple charges including possession of a firearm on school property, possession of a firearm by a juvenile, carrying concealed, and possession of a stolen firearm.
The teen is currently being held in the Norfolk Detention Center
No other details have been shared by authorities.
“Please know that we take seriously the safety and security of all within our building, and any report of a weapon on school grounds is thoroughly investigated,” Smigiel added.
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