LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A teen is behind bars after he was allegedly caught taking a picture with a gun in his high school’s bathroom on Wednesday.
According to an arrest affidavit against the teen from the Palm Beach County School District, a school resource officer responded to Lake Worth Community High School to interview the student, identified as Erickson Garcia Mata, about the incident that occurred. The report says Garcia was seen on video in the company of another student, who had brought the gun on campus and was found to have it on school grounds.
After reviewing the footage, the assistant principal made contact with Mata, 18, who voluntarily showed the photo of himself with the gun, according to the affidavit…