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Police: Security finds gun inside student's binder at Woodside High School in Newport News

Newport News police said that the 15-year-old boy had a gun in his binder and a magazine in his backpack.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A 15-year-old high school student was in juvenile detention Tuesday after security found a gun inside the student's binder and a magazine inside the teenager's backpack.

Newport News police said security at Woodside High School contacted the department's school resource officer at 7:50 a.m. and told the officer that the student had a gun. Security was taking the 15-year-old to the office at the time.

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From there, police took the teenager to juvenile intake. He faces charges of Underage Possession of a Firearm and Possession of Firearm on School Property.

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