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'We Got Lucky': Man Arrested At Smith High Had 2 Guns, Magazines, Backpack Of Bullets: Police

Smith High's School Resource Officer arrested a man who came on campus armed with 2 guns, several magazines and a backpack that contained boxes of bullets.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WFMY) -- An armed man arrested by Police at Smith High Monday was carrying two guns, several magazines, and a backpack filled with boxes of bullets according to Greensboro Police Chief, Wayne Scott.

The man identified as Steve Brantley Spence of Norfolk, V.A., went into Smith High around 12:40 p.m. and walked into the cafeteria, Chief Scott said. Brantley was immediately confronted and questioned by a school staff member who then ordered the school to be put on lockdown after Spence pulled out a handgun.

Chief Scott says Smith High's School Resource Officer (SRO) D.K. Evans responded in less than a minute. When Officer Evans confronted the suspect, Spence pulled out another gun and took off running. Spence was arrested after a brief foot chase by the SRO and other Greensboro officers who had at that point responded to the scene.

Smith High's School Resource Officer (SRO) D.K. Evans stops gunman on campus

Spence was armed with two guns and was carrying a backpack with boxes of bullets. Police said they found a third long gun in a stolen car that Spence was driving.

Investigators say Spence's target was someone at the school he has a personal relationship with. It's not clear if the target was a staff member or students, but police say the suspect believed the target to be at Smith High School. Police say he stole a car from a person he knew in Virginia after he was involved in a felony assault there Monday morning and drove right to Smith High School.

He's wanted in Virginia on outstanding charges of Assault on a Family Member, Grand Larceny of a Motor Vehicle, Grand Larceny Stolen Property and Strangling Another Causing Wound or Injury.

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