BIBB COUNTY, Ga — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office caught a student they suspected of having brought a gun to school on Monday.
Metal detectors caught the student with a gun as he entered Elam Alexander Academy at Southwest High School in Macon, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.
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The teen was caught in the woods on Eisenhower Parkway, near Pio Nono Avenue. Deputies didn’t find the gun and said the gun might have been discarded in the woods.
Bibb County School District Campus Police was involved in the chase, according to deputies.
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The department didn’t release any information about the student’s name or age.
The student was turned over to campus police, deputies say.
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