A Northwood High School student is facing gun charges including possession of a firearm on school property following his arrest Friday morning after an altercation and lockdown at the Rockville campus , Montgomery County police said Friday afternoon in a statement.

The 17-year-old from Silver Spring was also charged with possessing a firearm without a serial number, having a handgun on a person, possession of a firearm by a minor and carrying a loaded handgun, police said. Charged as an adult, he was being held Friday in the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit in Rockville, where he awaits a bond hearing. Bethesda Today is not naming the student because he is a minor.

On Friday, police said officers were dispatched at roughly 8:20 a.m. for the report of a student with a gun at N

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