A seventh grade CMS' Northeast Middle School student was exiting bus #1341 shortly before 5pm at his bus stop, located at Reedy Creek Road & Harrisburg Road. when he handed two guns to the bus driver. CMPD said the guns were real and one was loaded.
According to CMPD, Officers learned that a student approached the bus driver at the student’s bus stop displaying a handgun and demanded the driver to drive him to another destination. The bus driver talked the suspect into giving him the handgun. The suspect gave the driver the handgun and exited the school bus.
After the suspect exited the bus, another student approached the driver and informed him that the suspect had given him a handgun and had asked him to assist him with the incident. The student, who was fearful, took the weapon from the suspect but did not assist him. There were seven students, the bus driver, and the suspect on the bus when the incident occurred.
Officers and detectives located the suspect and arrested him. Detectives charged the suspect with 8 counts of kidnapping and 2 counts of possession of a weapon on school ground. The suspect will be transported to the regional juvenile detention center.
CMS' contacted parents of children on the bus and they were allowed to come to the scene to pick-up their children. If you have any information about this incident, please contact Crime Stoppers @ 704-334-1600.