BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) - Bossier City police have arrested a teenager after he allegedly had possession of a firearm on a high school campus.
Authorities booked 18-year-old Bernard Pogue, of Bossier City, on a charge of possession of a firearm on a school campus in connection with a Tuesday incident at Bossier High School. Pogue is not a Bossier Parish student.
The Times reports (https://bit.ly/1dzyOLu ) Pogue was involved in a fight with a 14-year-old student. Witnesses told police that after the altercation, Pogue went to his car and displayed a handgun before driving away. Witnesses say they didn’t see Pogue point the weapon at anyone.
Police later Tuesday arrested Pogue on a charge of simple battery and he was released on bond. He was rebooked Thursday on the gun charge.
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