GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) – A former assistant principal at Hairston Middle School was charged with discharging a firearm on educational property, according to a Greensboro Police Department news release.
Charlie Wardell Smith, 54, was recently charged by criminal summons for the offense that happened on May 25 at the school campus on Naco Road.
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Smith told investigators that he responded to the school after getting a call about an alarm that was activated that evening. Smith said he canceled the police response since he was close to campus.
Smith said he encountered an intruder in the school, who ran outside…