{"id":225355,"date":"2026-04-09T20:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225355\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T20:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T20:52:12","slug":"florida-teen-17-arrested-after-loaded-gun-found-in-backpack-at-school-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225355\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida teen, 17, arrested after loaded gun found in backpack at school, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; An Orange County teen is facing several charges after officials said the boy brought a gun into school and then tried to run away from police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The Orlando Police Department responded to Dr. Phillips High School on a report that a 17-year-old student brought a gun into school on Thursday, April 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WOFL\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">School resource officer at Dr. Phillips High School were notified that a student, 17, brought a gun on campus. Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith said officers acted on a tip from the community.<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Officers identified and found the student in his classroom, Orlando Police said. However, school resource officers intervened when the boy tried to run away, the department said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">Due to the student&#8217;s age, FOX 35 is not naming him.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daytona-beach-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">A 9mm handgun was found in a Doctor Phillips student&#8217;s backpack on April 9, 2026.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">A loaded 9mm handgun was found in the student&#8217;s backpack \u2013 which he had with him, police said. The teen was arrested.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">In a statement to FOX 35, Orange County Public Schools confirmed that parents were notified of a student found in possession of a gun on campus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-f1afc186=\"\">The boy is facing multiple charges, including possession of a firearm on school property, possession of a firearm by a minor and resisting arrest without violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story was gathered from the Orlando Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/orange-county\/orlando\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-f1afc186=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. &#8211; An Orange County teen is facing several charges after officials said the boy brought&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[630,47,115,1335,139,141,140,628],"class_list":["post-225355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}