An 18-year-old male is now charged with allegedly flashing a loaded firearm in front of several students on Monday morning outside of Kearney Junior High School.

Just after 8 a.m. Monday, a school resource officer working on the school campus received a phone call from the principal of the high school reporting that a student was possibly in possession of a gun on school grounds.

The SRO responded to a parking lot near the tennis courts and located two possible suspects walking toward the school.

One of the two suspects, a juvenile, told the SRO they did not have anything on them, so the officer asked to search the vehicle they arrived in.

The juvenile then reportedly told the officer there was a gun under the passenger seat.

Officers eventually located a loaded Smith & Wesson handgun

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