TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — A student was detained after having a firearm at Lincoln High School.
According to the Tallahassee Police Department, on Friday, March 31, it responded to the high school’s track and field facility after receiving information that a student was in possession of a gun.
At the time of the incident, school was over for the day. TPD said a 16-year-old male student was safely detained without incident.
Once probable cause was developed, the student was transported to the juvenile assessment center for charges of possession of a firearm on school property and possession of a firearm by a minor.
The police department said its investigation determined that the student returned to Lincoln High School with the gun after being in a physical altercation with another student regarding an ongoing feud between the two individuals.