Caddo Parish student arrested for bringing knife to school

SHREVEPORT, La. -- A student from Calvary Baptist Academy was arrested on Monday after a knife was found on school property, Sheriff Henry Whitehorn Sr. said Tuesday in a news release.

Classes started at the school on Friday.

At approximately 2:05 p.m. Monday, Caddo Parish sheriff's Cpl. Derek Owen, the school resource officer at Calvary Baptist Academy, was approached by a student who reported seeing another student with a knife during class, the sheriff's office said.

The student informed Owen that a 14-year-old male had briefly opened the knife during class but did not threaten anyone with it before putting it away. 

Owen and a school administrator removed the student from the classroom. When questioned about the knife, the juvenile retrieved it from his backpack and voluntarily surrendered it to the administrator without incident.

The student was arrested for carrying a dangerous weapon on school property and taken to the Juvenile Detention Center, where he was booked. The knife was seized and placed into evidence.

The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office reminds students that weapons are prohibited on school property and encourages them to report any weapons or suspicious activity to a teacher, school administrator, or SRO immediately.