Student Caught With Gun At School One Day After Fatal Shooting

CHARLOTTE, NC — One day after a fatal high school shooting in a Charlotte suburb, a 16-year-old student was arrested for bringing a gun to school at Garinger High School, according to Charlotte police.

According to a police report, a school counselor shared a tip with the school’s resource officer Oct. 30 that a student had a gun on school property. The officer located the student and, while conducting a search, found a gun in the student’s pocket.

Del’Marcus Walker, 16, was taken into custody and was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a handgun by a minor, altering a gun serial number and having a gun on an educational property.

The incident occurred just one day after a 16-year-old student at Butler High School in Matthews was fatally gunned down by another student before class Monday.

Jatwan Craig Cuffie, 16, pulled out a stolen handgun in the crowded hallway of Butler High School in Matthews shortly after 7 a.m. Oct. 29, shooting victim Bobby McKeithen, 16, according to Matthews Police Department. McKeithen was transported to Carolinas Medical Center Main by medic, but died from his injuries at the hospital. Cuffie was taken into custody at the scene.

Charlotte police ask that anyone with information about the incident at Garinger High School call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

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Photo courtesy Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office