Student, 14, arrested for having a gun at a Midlands middle school, police say
A student at St. Andrews Middle School was arrested Friday for having a handgun at school, police said.
The school’s principal alerted the Richland County Sheriff’s Department that he believed a student had a gun on campus. The 14-year-old student, whom police have not named because of his age, was arrested “without incident” after a handgun was found in his backpack, according to a news release from the sheriff’s department.
The student will be taken to Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center and held in a wing of the center for juveniles, according to the release.
This story was originally published March 26, 2021 at 4:36 PM.