Two students charged after guns found in cars

Police said one student brought the guns to sell on Friday and authorities don’t believe the students intended to use the guns at Liberty Technology Magnet High School.

“There is no indication that the weapons were brought into the school,” said Jackson-Madison County Schools Superintendent Nancy Zambito said.

David Flatt, 19, was charged with having weapons on campus and providing a firearm to a juvenile. Flatt is being held at the J. Alexander Leech Criminal Justice Complex.

The 17-year-old student police say Flatt intended to sell the guns to was charged with possession of a firearm on school grounds and being a juvenile in possession of a firearm. His name was not released and he is being held at a juvenile detention facility.

Investigators also found ammunition in the cars, but the two handguns and one shotgun that police found were not loaded.

Flatt said he intended to sell one of the guns to the 17-year-old student, Zambito said.

The school was alerted by Flatt’s sister, who believed he had stolen several weapons from home.

Violating the school’s no-weapons policy carries a penalty of 180 days out of school and students are sent to an alternative school.