{"id":238146,"date":"2026-04-19T20:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238146\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T20:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:03:10","slug":"two-guns-found-in-backpacks-after-fight-on-florida-high-school-campus-four-arrested-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/238146\/","title":{"rendered":"Two guns found in backpacks after fight on Florida high school campus, four arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

PLANT CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A fight at Plant City High School on Friday led to the discovery of two guns in backpacks\u2014one loaded\u2014prompting the arrest of four teens.<\/p>\n

Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> say that around 1:40 p.m., multiple students were involved in an on-campus altercation that turned physical.<\/p>\n

School administrators reportedly de-escalated the fight and separated the students involved.<\/p>\n

A subsequent investigation revealed that two 14-year-old students, Pedro Pascual-Perez and Pedro Perez-Jimenez, gave their backpacks to 15-year-old Francisco Ramos-Pedro and 14-year-old Charlin Silvan-Carmen, who attempted to hide them on campus.<\/p>\n

A school resource deputy managed to locate both backpacks and discovered two firearms, one of which was loaded.<\/p>\n

See also: Rabies confirmed in Loxahatchee after bat hiding in shoe bites resident<\/a><\/p>\n

“Bringing firearms onto a school campus is a serious and dangerous decision that puts students and staff at risk. Thankfully, this situation was contained before anyone was hurt,” said HCSO Sheriff Chad Chronister<\/a>. “We have zero tolerance for weapons on our campuses, and we will take quick action to hold those responsible accountable.”<\/p>\n

Pascual-Perez and Perez-Jimenez were both booked for counts of Possession of a Firearm on School Property, Minor in Possession of a Firearm, and Disrupting School Campus or Function.<\/p>\n

The students who hid the backpacks, Ramos-Pedro and Silvan-Carmen, were also arrested and booked for count of Tampering With Physical Evidence, Possession of a Firearm on School Property, and Minor in Possession of a Firearm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLANT CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A fight at Plant City High School on Friday led to the discovery…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-238146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238146","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=238146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}