Juvenile found with weapon on campus of a high school in Fayetteville

The Youth Services detectives have filed a petition Thursday charging a juvenile for having a weapon on Douglas Byrd High School campus.

School Staff notified the School Resource Officer that someone was sleeping in a car in the parking lot of 1624 Ireland Drive in Fayetteville.

When the SRO approached the vehicle, he noticed a gun in the pocket of the person sleeping in the car.

The SRO was able to take the weapon without incident.

The individual has been identified as a juvenile.

The gun did not have a round in the chamber but did have three rounds in the magazine.

Youth Services detectives filed a petition with the Department of Juvenile Justice charging the juvenile with possession of a firearm on campus.

The juvenile is in the custody.

If you have information about this investigation, please call the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office Youth Services Detective W. Lee at (910) 677-5473 or Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS (8477).