A 17-year-old boy is facing felony charges after he was found with a loaded gun in his backpack at Wheeler High School last week.
The discovery prompted a “Code Red” lockdown at the Cobb County school Friday morning, district officials said. Rolando Jose Moore Figueroa was arrested on campus.
He was charged with possessing a 9 mm handgun without a license, a misdemeanor charge, as well as boarding a school bus with a concealed weapon and carrying a weapon within a school safety zone, both felonies. According to an arrest warrant obtained by AJC.com, the gun was loaded with seven rounds.
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Authorities went looking for Figueroa after a Cobb County School District spokeswoman said administrators were made aware of a rumor circulating about a student who made threats against the school. The nature of those threats was not disclosed.
School had resumed as normal by Friday afternoon.
The incident was one of several that sent cops to metro Atlanta schools after threats of violence or weapons scares.
At Walton High School in east Cobb, a 17-year-old who reportedly took a water bottle full of alcohol to school was arrested Aug. 5 after kicking an assistant principal and threatening to “get a gun and come back and kill everyone,” according to his arrest warrant.
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Ty William Holder, is charged with making terroristic threats and battery against school personnel.
Another student, who was not identified, was arrested at Stephenson High School in DeKalb County last week after a classmate reported seeing a gun on a school bus. Details about that student's charges have not been released.
Figueroa is being held in the Cobb County jail in lieu of $25,000 bond.
— Staff writer Shaddi Abusaid contributed to this article.
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