A 9th grade Maplewood High School student is charged with carrying a gun on school property after a firearm was found in his backpack.
After another student bumped into him, he reportedly made a gesture toward that student that he had a gun in his backpack. School administrators were notified and located the gun in the student’s backpack.
The firearm was not reported stolen. The student said that he had taken it from his father’s closet.