Garner Magnet High School student charged after bringing handgun, drugs to school

A 17-year-old was charged Wednesday after he was found with a gun at Garner Magnet High School.

Garner police said James Tyrone Davis Jr. was charged with possession of a weapon on a school campus and possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana after he was found with a Ruger handgun at the South Garner Campus of Garner Magnet High School.

Police said the gun, which was not loaded, was found by school personnel and a school resource officer.

The gun was not used or displayed in a threatening manner, and nobody was injured as a result of the incident, police said.

According to an arrest warrant, Davis was also in possession of 10 grams of marijuana, which was separated into seven bags, at the time of his arrest.

Davis was being held under $7,500 bond and was scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning.

This is the second incident to be reported at Garner Magnet High School in the past month. On Feb. 16, parents were told that a student had been suspended for a full year for bringing a gun to school.

The incidents are among several reported in recent weeks as authorities crack down on school threats following the mass shooting at a Florida high school last month.

Middle Creek High School student Craig Garner West was charged last month after authorities said he brought a pellet gun to school. An attorney for West said the weapon was brought to school accidentally.

A Knightdale High School student who tweeted a photo of himself pointing a gun and tagged Wake County Public Schools was charged with disorderly conduct toward a school and possession of a handgun by a minor.

Cumberland County public schools recorded three incidents.

A Gray's Creek High School student, arriving late to class, allegedly told a teacher he planned to bring a gun to school.

A Pine Forest High School student told classmates “there will be a school shooting tomorrow” and was charged with making a false threat of mass violence on educational property.

A Douglas Byrd High School student faces the same charge after fellow students reported that he claimed, "I have an AR-15, and I'm going to shoot y'all" during a school bus ride.