Crime & Safety

Gun Found in Locker at Jack Britt High School

Male student detained at the detention center.

Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputies have arrested a Jack Britt High School student, after finding a handgun in his locker.

16-year old Edgar Gilman of the 2000 block of Bruce Mount Place, Fayetteville is charged with felony possession of a weapon on a school campus. He is being processed into the Cumberland County Detention Center at this hour.

Deputies received a tip about the gun shortly after 1:00 p.m. on Friday and conducted a search of Gilman’s locker.

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No injuries were reported as a result of the incident.

This is the second time this year where an incident like this has occurred at Jack Britt High School.

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