By Associated Press - Tuesday, December 12, 2017

HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) - Police have arrested a 15-year-old after a shot was fired at a North Carolina high school.

The High Point Enterprise reports that police Lt. Curtis Cheeks III said the unidentified teen is charged with assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a weapon on school grounds, possession of a gun by a minor and trespassing.

Cheeks said the boy is not a student in the Guilford County Schools.



According to police, the shot was fired at 2:08 p.m. Monday near the cafeteria at High Point Central High School. The high school was placed on lockdown, as was a nearby middle school. No one was hurt.

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Information from: High Point Enterprise, http://www.hpenews.com

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