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article<\/span><\/div>\nPolice in Pennsylvania determined that the firearm a student brought to a high school basketball game was a replica 9mm pellet gun.<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/p>\n Bethlehem, Pennsylvania<\/strong> – <\/span>A high school student in Pennsylvania is being charged after police said he had a firearm in his waistband that later turned out to be a BB gun in an Instagram post during a school basketball game.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Investigators said the photo was taken in the Freedom High School gymnasium on January 20 during the varsity game against East Stroudsburg South High School.<\/p>\n An anonymous student was pictured, lifting his clothes to reveal the grip of what police believed was a black semi-automatic pistol tucked into his waistband. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Bethlehem Township Police Department worked with school officials to identify students enrolled in the Cyber \u200b\u200bHome School program at Liberty High School.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The unnamed student was later charged with possession of a weapon on school property and first-degree misdemeanor charges of possession of a firearm by a minor, officials said. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n During a search of a student’s home in West Bethlehem, police found a firearm they determined was a pellet\/BB gun resembling a 9mm semi-automatic pistol. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n