17-year-old found with gun at North Texas high school football game

Dallas police said a 17-year-old was arrested for bringing a gun to a Richardson ISD football game Friday night.

This happened at the varsity football game between Berkner and Lake Highlands at Wildcat-Ram Stadium.

According to police, someone told Richardson PD officers that a gun was passed through a fence line at the stadium just after 7:15 p.m.

They contacted Dallas PD officers, who found 17-year-old Marktavis Hicks and detained him.

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Police said as he was being walked out of the stadium, a gun fell from his pants onto the ground.

Hicks is charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon in a prohibited place.

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