A student was found with a weapon Thursday morning at an Upstate high school. Students at Riverside High School where put on hold and kept in place, as administrators investigated rumors of a weapon campus. Tim Waller, Communications Director for Greenville County Schools says, law enforcement responded quickly. Waller went on to say, that the book bag of student was searched, and another student was found in possession of a weapon. The District says both students will be disciplined according to policy, and the hold on Riverside has been lifted.
The Greer Police Dept. issued the following statement- This morning around 9:10 am the school resource officer at Riverside High School received information that a student may have been in possession of a handgun. The SRO along with school staff quickly located the 14-year-old student who stated he had placed the handgun in another student's book bag. The second student was located and the handgun was located inside of a “cinch bag” that had been placed inside of his book bag. At this time the 14-year-old student who brought the handgun to school is being charged as a juvenile with Possession of a Weapon on School Grounds and Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon. The second student is not being criminally charged due to not knowing what had been placed inside his book bag.