🚨Loaded handgun found in West Orange High student’s backpack
🚨Student tip credited with stopping potential danger
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Two school gun scares in two days — including an 18-year-old charged with carrying a loaded handgun during classes — are rattling parents across New Jersey.
West Orange High School senior Edward Tamay was charged Thursday after a classmate told an officer posted at the school that Tamay showed a gun during class, according to police. The officer and Principal Oscar Guerrero asked Tamay twice if he had a weapon, which he denied.
But a search of Tamay’s Sprayground backpack found a Beretta PX4 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, according to police. The gun had a 10-round capacity magazine loaded with five rounds of 9mm ammo. The chamber was checked and found to be empty.
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Student tip praised as key to preventing potential threat
Tamay was arrested. Fagan said there was no indication of a threat to students or the community. Guerrero said he was “proud” of the student for reporting the incident, according to a letter sent to parents obtained by the Daily Voice…