Teenager suspended, accused of having pistol on campus

Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006

By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer
Staff Writer

School officials suspended a Hickory-area student Monday after a police officer discovered he was carrying an unloaded pistol on campus, authorities said.

The school resource officer at St. Stephens High School searched a male teenager Monday after students reported seeing him with a gun, said Maj. Coy Reid of the Catawba County Sheriff's Office.

The officer found an unloaded pistol in the teenager's backpack but did not find ammunition, he said.

School officials have suspended the student while authorities investigate the incident, Reid said.

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