Local Teen Brings Gun to Summer School

Deputies with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office were called out to LaGrange High School in Lake Charles on Friday, June 7, in regards to a teen with a gun in his backpack.

According to a media release from Kim Myers, the School Resource Officer told deputies a loaded handgun was located in a 15-year-old’s backpack. The student brought the gun to school, then took it out of his backpack where another student in the classroom saw it before he put it back in his backpack. A student in the classroom then reported it to the School Resource Officer, said Myers.

The teen was arrested and charged with the illegal carrying of a weapon; illegal carrying of a firearm in a gun-free zone; and aggravated assault.  He was booked into the Calcasieu Parish Juvenile Detention Center.