Martin, Tenn.–A Westview High School student was arrested for carrying weapons on school property Tuesday afternoon by Martin Police.
According to Assistant Police Chief Phillip Fuqua, Westview School Resource Officer Jason Arant received information around 2 p.m. that a student might have a weapon of some kind in their vehicle.
Arant located the student, Benjamin G. O’Guinn, age 18, of Martin, and a search of the vehicle in the school parking lot did reveal a Remington shotgun and ammunition. Fuqua said no threats were made to anyone during the incident and the weapon was never carried inside the school building.
O’Guinn will appear in Weakley Co. General Sessions Court for arraignment on Monday, December 2.
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