Mainland High School student arrested for bringing gun to school

The 15-year-old boy was seen on a social media post earlier this week holding the gun in a school bathroom.

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 4:45 p.m. August 25, 2023
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A 15-year-old Mainland High School student was arrested Friday, Aug. 25, for bringing a firearm to school.

A Mainland school resource officer was alerted on Thursday, Aug. 22, to an Instagram post that showed a student holding a handgun in a bathroom, according to the Daytona Beach Police Department. 

The officer confirmed that the video was taken in a building at Mainland, according to the boy's arrest report. 

The officer identified the boy with the help of other students, found him in class and arrested him.

Additional arrests may follow, according to the DBPD.

 

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