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By Sean Corcoran - email
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A tenth grade student at E.E. Waddell High School was arrested for bringing a loaded gun onto school property Wednesday morning.
A School Resource Officer found the handgun inside the student's book bag after being alerted by students at the school.
No one was threatened or hurt according to a Charlotte Mecklenburg School spokeswoman.
The student who brought the handgun to school is identified as 17-year-old Donnie Champagne.
The teen faces charges including possession of a weapon on school grounds, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a handgun by a minor.
He remains under a $3,000 bond in the Mecklenburg County Jail.
Champagne will be disciplined according to the Charlotte Mecklenburg School handbook.
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