Northgate High School Student Arrested with Firearm on Campus

Northgate High School Student Arrested with Firearm on Campus

According to the narrative, written by Cpl. Cowart with the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office, he was assigned to Northgate High School on March 31st and at approximately 2:55 PM was contacted by Sgt. J. Funderburk ( NGHS’s SRO ) requesting his immediate response to the student parking lot “due to a potential armed student on the premises.” Cpl. Cowart continues that “Sgt. Funderburk relayed information from Assistant Principal Bryan Hicks, who reported that another student had informed him that Malik Dixon was carrying a handgun inside the school.”