Authorities found a loaded AR-15 in a student’s vehicle Wednesday morning at Tyner Middle High Academy, according to a Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office press release.
Sheriff’s Office school resource deputies seized the rifle and took a 17-year-old student into custody, according to the release.
School administrators searched the student’s vehicle after a parent raised concerns about a possible firearm on campus, the release said.
The juvenile was charged with possession of a firearm on school property, the release said. No further details were available.
— Compiled by Mason Edwards