Willow Spring man faces misdemeanor charge, juvenile petition filed for student who fired gun inside Fuquay-Varina Middle School

The Wake County Sheriff's Office has obtained a secure custody order for a 12-year-old student at the Fuquay-Varina Middle School. Juvenile petitions have also been served and filed.
Posted 12/9/2022, 5:02:15 AM Updated 12/9/2022, 1:58:08 PM

AND HOW LOW THE MERCURY GOES.

WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS.

AUTHORITIES HAVE SERVED A

JUVENILE PETITION TO A 6TH

GRADER WHO FIRED A SHOT INSIDE

A FUQUAY-VARINA MIDDLE SCHOOL

CLASSROOM.

>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING

US. I'M GERALD OWENS AND I'M

DEBRA MORGAN. MARK BOYLE IS

TRACKING THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS

IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER.

AND MARK, YOU'RE LEARNING AN

ADULT IS FACING A CHARGE AS

WELL IN THIS CASE. THAT'S

RIGHT, DEBORAH. LOTS OF NEW

INFORMATION HERE TONIGHT.

11 O'CLOCK, AN ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION AND GORE INVOLVING

THAT ADULT RATHER SEE HOW THE

JUVENILE PETITIONS FILED

AGAINST THE 12 YEAR-OLD RIGHT.

THEN YOU HAVE THIS MAN RIGHT

HERE. THIS MAN HAS BEEN

IDENTIFIED AS

>> SETH LAND. GERMAN SCHNEIDER

FACING CHARGES TOO SECURE

FIREARMS. HERE'S SOME

INFORMATION THAT WE KNOW AND WE

DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ON

WHETHER THIS MAN IT WAS THE

FATHER OR GUARDIAN. THAT'S

UNCLEAR. NO ONE WAS HURT IN

THAT CLASSROOM. FORTUNATELY, A

BULLET DID SHATTER A WINDOW.

THE CAMPUS WENT INTO LOCKDOWN

AND A TEACHER WAS ABLE TO GET

THE GUN AWAY FROM THE STUDENT.

WE ALSO SPOKE WITH A STUDENT IN

THE CLASSROOM ABOUT WHAT SHE

SAW HERE PLAY OUT. TAKE A

LISTEN.

>> AND SO THE SCARY WHEN YOU.

>> LIKE KNOW THE KID, YOU KNOW

WHERE THEY LIVE. THEY RIDE THE

BUS WITH YOU LIKE YOU DON'T

KNOW THAT I HAVE A GUN.

>> NOW, LANCE MENTION EITHER

IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT. HE IS

SCHEDULED TO BE IN COURT

TOMORROW. FUQUAY-VARINA MIDDLE

SCHOOL WILL NOT BE IN SESSION

TOMORROW FOLLOWING WHAT

HAPPENED THERE THIS MORNING.

THERE WILL BE CRISIS. TEAM

COUNSELORS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER,

IF YOU HAVE A STUDENT WHO WANTS

TO GO AND SPEAK WITH ONE OF THE

NEW INFORMATION ON THE STORY AS