A 17-year-old was arrested after a teacher noticed a gun in his backpack Thursday at an Arkansas career center, authorities said.
The Jefferson Area Technical Career Center educator saw the weapon in an open pocket of the student’s bag and notified a school administrator and police, according to a news release from the Pine Bluff Police Department.
The teen reportedly ran when the school official seized his backpack and tried to escort him out of the classroom. Officers arrested the student after a brief chase, the news release said.
Authorities said a .22-caliber long rifle semi-automatic pistol and a Rohm RG-10 revolver were found in the student’s backpack. One of the firearms was loaded, according to police spokesman DeAunuana Martin.
The 17-year-old was being held at the Jefferson County juvenile detention center on a possession of a firearm on campus charge, Martin said Friday. The student’s name was not released.
