Body scanner finds loaded gun at Berry Academy: Tuesday, May 3
A loaded gun was found on the campus of Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology Monday morning, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools confirmed. A CMS spokesperson said the weapon was found while the student was going through one of the school's new body scanners. The 18-year-old student was arrested and charged with gun possession charges, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. CMS said the school was not put on lockdown. "Please speak with your students about the serious consequences of bringing a weapon to school," school principal Tanya Branham said in a message to parents. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/loaded-gun-berry-academy-charlotte-north-carolina/275-9bbee12f-5d8d-4795-bb65-0d765c9c0162 The first civilians evacuated from the bombed-out steel plant that has become the last stronghold of Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol slowly made their way toward safety Monday, as others who managed to escape the city described terrifying weeks of bombardment and deprivation. More than 100 civilians — including elderly women and mothers with small children — left the sprawling, rubble-strewn Azovstal steel mill on Sunday and set out in buses and ambulances for the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia, about 140 miles (230 kilometers) to the northwest, according to authorities and video released by the two sides. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/ukraine/first-evacuees-from-mariupol/507-8652663e-c7b5-405f-8caa-c14055db01df
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A loaded gun was found on the campus of Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology Monday morning, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools confirmed.
A CMS spokesperson said the weapon was found while the student was going through one of the school's new body scanners.
The 18-year-old student was arrested and charged with gun possession charges, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
CMS said the school was not put on lockdown.
"Please speak with your students about the serious consequences of bringing a weapon to school," school principal Tanya Branham said in a message to parents.
READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/loaded-gun-berry-academy-charlotte-north-carolina/275-9bbee12f-5d8d-4795-bb65-0d765c9c0162
The first civilians evacuated from the bombed-out steel plant that has become the last stronghold of Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol slowly made their way toward safety Monday, as others who managed to escape the city described terrifying weeks of bombardment and deprivation.
More than 100 civilians — including elderly women and mothers with small children — left the sprawling, rubble-strewn Azovstal steel mill on Sunday and set out in buses and ambulances for the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia, about 140 miles (230 kilometers) to the northwest, according to authorities and video released by the two sides.
READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/ukraine/first-evacuees-from-mariupol/507-8652663e-c7b5-405f-8caa-c14055db01df