{"id":226114,"date":"2026-04-10T10:21:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226114\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:21:19","slug":"dr-phillips-student-arrested-for-loaded-gun-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226114\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Phillips student arrested for loaded gun on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 17-year-old Dr. Phillips High School student was arrested Thursday after bringing a gun to school, police say.<\/p>\n<p>The student had a loaded 9mm pistol in his backpack, according to a statement from the Orlando Police Department. The school\u2019s resource officers received a tip that the student had the weapon, and when they confronted the student in class, he ran, according to the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Police caught and arrested the student, who now faces charges of possession of a firearm on school property, possession of a firearm by a minor and resisting arrest without violence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A photo of a 9mm pistol police say was in the backpack of a 17-year-old Dr. Phillips High School student, who officers arrested Thursday. (Courtesy of Orlando Police)\" width=\"739\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Image.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"15018304\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Orlando Police Department<\/p>\n<p>A photo of a 9mm pistol police say was in the backpack of a 17-year-old Dr. Phillips High School student, who officers arrested Thursday. (Courtesy of Orlando Police)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is exactly how it\u2019s supposed to work. Our officers acted quickly on a tip from the community,\u201d said Chief Eric Smith in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>OPD did not provide additional details, citing the active nature of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Orlando Sentinel is not naming the student as it is not clear yet if he will be charged as an adult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 17-year-old Dr. Phillips High School student was arrested Thursday after bringing a gun to school, police say.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[112,114,266,115,139,141,140,109],"class_list":["post-226114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226114","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=226114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}