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Police: Page High Student Arrested For Having A Weapon On Campus

 Matt McKinney    Created:  4/22/2009 3:21:55 PM  Updated: 4/22/2009 10:31:11 PM
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Greensboro, NC -- A 16-year-old Page High School student was arrested Wednesday afternoon after police suspected he carried a weapon onto school property.

According to Greensboro Police, School Resource Officer A.B. Edwards received information that the student was in possession of a firearm. Edwards located Marcus Fox and during a search felt what he believed to be a gun. Fox ran away from the officer.

The search for Fox prompted officials at Page High and nearby St Pius X Catholic School to be put their schools on lockdown. The suspect was caught and arrested a short time later.

Marcus Fox is facing charges of Assault on a Government Official (principal), Resist, Delay, and Obstruct and Possession of a firearm on educational property.

WFMY News 2



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