Andy Humbles

ahumbles@tennessean.com

A freshman girl at Pearl-Cohn High School was arrested Monday and accused of carrying a 32-caliber handgun onto school property that police believe she attempted to sell to another student.

The 15-year-old’s gun was discovered in a jacket pocket she was wearing, police said.

The gun wasn’t loaded, but it was accompanied by starter rounds.

Police learned about the gun after a student’s tip.

The girl is being charged in juvenile court with carrying a gun on school property.

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools can’t comment on specific disciplinary cases, but spokesman Joe Bass said typically bringing a gun on to school property would be a zero-tolerance offense.

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