Pike County teen arrested for possession of firearm associated with campus drive-by shooting
Teen arrested for possession of firearm, possession of marijuana
Teen arrested for possession of firearm, possession of marijuana
Police officers with the Southwest Mississippi Community College and detectives with the Pike County Sheriff's Office conducted a search warrant in Pike County Tuesday.
According to the Pike County Sheriff's Department, the search warrant was for a teenager at 6036 Magnolia Progress Road in Magnolia.
Police said they recovered a firearm from 18-year-old Bryan “BJ" Cameron’s room. Police said it is believed the firearm was one of the weapons used in a drive-by shooting on SMCC's campus on Sept. 9.
Police also found 44 grams of marijuana in Cameron's room.
Cameron was arrested and charged for drive-by shooting, conspiracy to commit drive-by shooting, two counts of shooting into a motor vehicle, possession of a weapon on school campus and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute enhanced by possession of a firearm.