Student arrested after shotgun found on campus

A student was arrested after a shotgun was found in a vehicle on a school’s campus, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office reported Tuesday.

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Kevin Mondragon, 18, was arrested at Lanier College & Career Academy in Oakwood after school administrators found a shotgun in a vehicle, the sheriff’s office said.

He faces a felony charge of carrying a weapon within a school safety zone and is in the process of being booked into Hall County Jail.

Authorities said school administrators were searching the vehicle because they got a report of illegal substances in the vehicle. They found the unloaded gun in the car’s trunk.

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A school resource officer assigned to the campus took Mondragon into custody.

Investigators say there’s no evidence he intended to harm anyone at the school.

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