Haltom High student arrested after bringing air gun to school
On the first day of school, a Haltom High School student was arrested after another student told officers that the student had a gun and had threatened him, police reported.
The gun turned out to be an air gun that is a realistic replica of a Beretta 92 handgun, according to a Haltom City Police Department news release.
Detective Matt Spillane said a replica is treated the same as a firearm.
“There was no external way to see that it was not actually a legitimate bullet-firing weapon,” Spillane said.
Both students are 15. After one told a school resource officer about the other student’s gun and threat, more officers were called in, the news release said. They found the teen in a classroom and detained him. He acknowledged having brought the gun to school, and police seized it.
He was arrested and faces a juvenile charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, the news release said.
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This story was originally published August 22, 2016 at 5:42 PM with the headline "Haltom High student arrested after bringing air gun to school."