NORTH CHARLESTON — A student at Fort Dorchester High School was detained by a school resource officer Nov. 7 after staff said he had a weapon. Instead, the teen actually had a gaming console in his pocket.

According to a news release from the North Charleston Police Department , a staff member told the school resource officer about a student who told another kid that he was carrying a gun. The officer then went to the cafeteria, where he identified a student matching the description given by the staff member.

“When asked to remove his hands from his hoodie pockets, the student said he had a weapon,” the release said.

The officer drew his weapon and told the student, 16-year-old Landon Murray, to lie on the ground. Murray was subsequently detained, and nobody was harmed in the incident

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