A 17-year-old student was arrested at Northwood High School on Friday morning after officers responding to a report of an altercation found a loaded, 3D-printed privately manufactured firearm in the student’s waistband.
The individual was charged as an adult with multiple firearm-related offenses, including possession of a handgun on school property.
According to MCPD, “On Friday, December 5, 2025, at approximately 8:23 a.m., officers were dispatched to Northwood High School, located in the 11200 block of Old Georgetown Road, for the report of a student with a gun.
The initial call to the Emergency Communications Center indicated that two students had been involved in an altercation inside the school and that a witness reported to school staff that one of the students in the altercation was armed.
Responding officers conducted a search of the 17-year-old and found a loaded 3D printed privately manufactured firearm (PMF) in Gaunt’s waistband. He was arrested without incident.
The individual is charged with possessing a firearm without a serial number, handgun on person, possession of a firearm by a minor and loaded handgun on person.
Gaunt, of Silver Spring, has been charged as an adult and was transported to the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit, where he awaits a bond hearing.”
