Florida high school student found with gun on campus after argument

J.D. Gallop

Florida Today

MELBOURNE, Fla. — A 19-year-old Florida student was jailed after police said he got into an argument with another student and went out to his pickup truck where he kept a gun.

Tristan Rogers, of West Melbourne, was charged with possession of a firearm on school property about 12:40 p.m. Tuesday after a Eau Gallie High School resource officer went to talk to the student.

Rogers, who initially denied having a gun in his Ford F-150, was booked in jail after a search turned up a .22 caliber handgun. There was no ammunition in the gun, reports show. Guns are not allowed on school property. Rogers' status at the school following the arrest was not immediately known.

A Eau Gallie High School student was arrested in Melbourne, Fla., on a weapons charge after police found a weapon in his truck.

The arrest is the latest as Brevard County Public Schools continue to sort through a spike in reported threats following the Feb. 14 mass shooting at a Parkland high school that left 17 people dead.

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Rogers has an April 12 court date.

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