Police: School resource officer uses stun gun on unruly student

MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. --


A school resource officer used a stun gun on a John Marshall High School student who administrators said became unruly at school.


Marshall County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Kevin Cecil said the boy first got into a verbal argument with a girl in a hallway. A school resource officer stepped in and separated the two, then the students went their separate ways.

The deputy said he took the boy to sit him down for a talk. Officials said the boy was at first calm, then got aggressive and started punching lockers, fighting and wrestling with the officer.


The teen then slipped away and ran, which is when the deputy shot him with a stun gun. The student fell and hit his chin, which required medical attention.


Principal Corey Murphy said the school's top priority is protecting all students, faculty and staff, and they're fortunate to have a Marshall County sheriff's deputy at the school at all times. Murphy said this was a prime example of a situation that a deputy needed to handle. He said the deputy tried to get the student under control and officials did what they felt was necessary and kept everyone safe at all times.


"This is not something that happens on a normal occasion. In dire circumstances, would we see something like this, we turn it over the trained officials," Murphy said. "The student became unruly. (He) was not able to conform to what we were doing here in the building. At that time (the student) engaged with the officer and at that time the officer justifiably got it under control."


The student was arrested and taken to the Lincoln Detention Center in Wheeling. He is expected to go before a judge soon and faces charges of obstructing an officer. Murphy said the student also faces disciplinary charges at the school.