GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A 19-year-old is now facing gun charges after police caught him walking around a Gwinnett County school with a shotgun.
Channel 2′s Audrey Washington was at Archer High School Wednesday, where police said Brian Garfield Fort was spotted on campus with a shotgun during a football game last month.
A school resource officer stopped him and demanded Fort put the gun down, which he did. When the officer searched him, he found two more guns.
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Fort is now facing weapons charges.
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In a statement the school’s principal said in part:
“To be clear, the person who was arrested will face criminal charges for having weapons on school property. I also want to make clear; he is not an archer high student. Weapons have no place in our school or at our sporting events. It is not only against school district policy, it is against the law.”
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Washington asked some students Wednesday whether they feel safe returning to a school game.
“No.” “It’s hard to believe that my life is threatened every single day or any day somebody brings a shotgun or any kind of gun to school,” student Wesley Harper said.
“Now that he’s arrested, I feel safer,” student Sydney Addison said.
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The school’s principal said Fort is not a student at Archer and that guns are not tolerated on campus.
It’s still unclear why the suspect brought the guns to the school.
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