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Goodyear student arrested for posting photo of gun on social media

A Goodyear high school student was arrested for posting a photo of a gun on social media, police said.

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PHOENIX — A Goodyear high school student was arrested for posting a photo of a gun on social media, police said.

Estrella Foothills High School staff reported the social media post to police and officers responded on Wednesday at 3:40 p.m.

Police later identified the students involved with making the post and went to their residence on Wednesday evening.

Police said one student was arrested and booked into Durango Juvenile Detention for possessing a firearm.

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Charges will be submitted for the second student, police said.

The high school will have additional police patrols on as a precautionary measure, authorities said.

No other information was made available.

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Jimmy 12 months ago

This is not reporting. You're just phoning it in at this point. There is nothing illegal about posting a picture of a gun on social media.
Here is the actual story:
Students photographed themselves holding a handgun inside a campus bathroom and posted it on social media.

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Jimmy 12 months ago

Simple job and they still botched it.

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Adam Henry 12 months ago

Just trying to ‘out-low’ AP