WASHINGTON (DC News Now) -- A 19-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with a weapon found at a Northwest D.C. charter school, according to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

Court documents say officers responded Wednesday at 1 p.m. after a school staff member found a student with a gun at a charter school in the 1700 block of G St. NW.

There, the staff member took the firearm, and the suspect ran from the scene before officers arrived.

Police say the handgun had a switch modification that converts a semi-automatic pistol into a machine pistol.

James Brewer was charged with carrying a pistol without a license, possession of a certain dangerous weapon- a machine gun, possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, and possession of unregistered ammunition.

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