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Clarksburg Student Charged with Gun Possession

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Gaithersburg, MD - A 16-year-old Clarksburg High School student has been arrested and charged with possession of a firearm.

 

At approximately 11:33 a.m., on Tuesday, April 23, Montgomery County Department of Police Community Engagement Officers were dispatched and responded to the Clarksburg High School campus in the 22500 block of Wims Road, after a witness reported to school security that the student had a gun.

 

The student, Santair Bah, consented to a search and an unloaded Ruger handgun was recovered. Based on the information provided and evidence of the gun, Bah has been charged as an adult by the Firearms Investigations Unit. He was transported to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit, where he awaits a bond hearing.

 

Bah also faces charges of underage possession of a firearm and possession of a dangerous weapon on school property.

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Release ID: 24-171
Media Contact: S.D. Goff 
Categories: firearm