WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A teenager is facing felony charges after a gun was confiscated from the student's backpack on campus in Winston-Salem, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) says.
A School Resource Officers (SRO) confiscated the handgun from a student on the Parkland High School Campus, the sheriff's office confirms. SROs assigned to Parkland High School worked with school administrators, to performed a search of a student's belongings after receiving an anonymous tip about a gun. The handgun was found in the 15-year-old student's backpack, deputies said.