On a Lake County school bus on Thursday morning, a 16-year-old student from Lake Hills Academy in Mascotte was detained for carrying a handgun. According to deputies, the school administration was informed after another student on the bus noticed the student taking a gun. At that point, the school bus had already departed.
According to deputies, the gun was not brought into the school but left on the bus. On Eustis’ Golf Links Avenue bus parking lot, they responded. A “Glock handgun” was discovered in the back seat of the bus after a search.
According to deputies, the gun had no ammunition. Police observed the 16-year-old taking off his sweatshirt and leaving it in the seat where he discovered the weapon after viewing bus surveillance footage. He was detained and accused of having a gun on school grounds.
