Maryland: High School Student Arrested for Bringing Loaded Gun to School

CLARKSBURG, Md. - A Montgomery County high school student was arrested Thursday after he was found with a gun at school.

Clarksburg High School principal Edward Owusu said in a letter to parents that the school received a report at around 1:55 p.m. that a student was in possession of a weapon.

Police say school security along with a school resource officer went to 18-year-old Alwin Chen's classroom and brought the student to the school office. When he was questioned, Chen told the officer he had a handgun in his backpack and a knife in the front pocket of his shirt.

The school resource officer then recovered a loaded 9 mm handgun from Chen's bookbag and the knife from his shirt pocket, police say. The student was arrested without incident.

Chen was charged with possession of a handgun, possession of a firearm by a person under 21 years old and possession of a firearm on school property. He is being held on no bond.