![]() ![]() "They're seeing things, they are saying things and it's preventing something much worse."Ī spokesperson for the district said Henrico County Superintendent Dr. "I'm incredibly proud of our students and them using their voice," Henrico School Board Member Alician Atkins, whose district covers Highland Springs High School, said. This is the third time in a matter of a month that Highland Springs High School has reported a student bringing a gun onto school property. If they do that, a judge in the adult court will have the option, if they're found guilty, of sentencing them to prison time," Stone said. "A prosecutor will make the decision about whether to transfer them to be tried as adults. That student has been charged with possession of a firearm on school grounds, possession of a firearm by a minor, and possession of a concealed carry.īoth students were booked at Henrico's Juvenile Detention Home. ![]() "And are those the things that the judge is going to be looking at if they're going to transfer them as an adult, if that motion is made, and also, what sort of sentence is made if they're found guilty?"Īlso that day, another teenage student was taken into custody and officials recovered a gun from him too. "If you've got a high school student that's bringing in trigger activators and a firearm, you really have to wonder, what's going on here?" CBS 6 legal analyst Todd Stone said. The student was also charged with the manufacture, importation, possession, transfer, or transportation of trigger activators prohibited. He has been charged with possession of a concealed weapon possession of a firearm on school property possession of a firearm under 18 and possession of marijuana on school property. One teenage student was detained and officials recovered a gun from him. Henrico Police reported two separate gun-related situations at Highland Springs High School on Tuesday. Two Henrico County students were charged with crimesafter police said the students brought guns to school. The Henrico Police Investigative Unit is handling the case, but officials said Saturday morning that they had found no evidence of foul play.HENRICO COUNTY, Va. Morton's mother said her son was looking forward to getting a job soon. “I know a lot of people that have lost their kids and I mean, I see them hurt. The boy’s father said he is troubled by the absence of lifeguards and security cameras at the pool and at countless other pools like it. He loved his momma, brothers and sisters," Patricia Morton said. Morton said her son was an active and caring young man who loved the Redskins, video games and collecting rocks. “My son, he would have been going to the 11th grade, but he's in heaven right now,” Angie Morton said. He carried my name.”īoth parents are eager to see what the police investigation yields, but they are also remembering their son with love. “That was my first child in the world,” the boy’s father, Venerdo Anert said. His family is trying to make sense of the sudden loss. Vernard was transported to VCU Medical Center where he died of his injuries Saturday morning. Police and fire crews were called to the 11 North at the White Oak Apartments on North Laburnum Avenue just before 5:30 p.m. “After six minutes, that's when they realized that he was not coming back up.”įamily members said a group got Vernard out of the pool and performed CPR. “He was underwater for like six minutes without nobody noticing,” Patricia Morton, Vernard’s aunt, said. Loved ones said that the pool was crowded and Vernard ended up in 9 feet of water and possibly hit his head in the process. ![]()
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