Concord mom arrested for bringing gun on school property after student died from self-inflicted wound

CONCORD, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A mother was arrested Wednesday in connection to the student who was found with a reported self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Concord charter school last month.

The Concord Police Department said 40-year-old Courtney Wall was charged with possession of a weapon on school property, and released with a written promise to appear in court.

On April 16, officers say Wall was part of a student-parent meeting at the Valor Preparatory School Upper School. Following the meeting, Wall and the student walked to their car together before she briefly returned to the building. During this time the student reportedly accessed a handgun inside the vehicle.

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Officers say when Wall returned to the car, the student was suffering from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Emergency responders then transported the student to Atrium Health Cabarrus where they were later pronounced dead.

“It serves as a heartbreaking reminder for all gun owners of the serious and costly consequences of failing to properly secure firearms and the importance of never bringing a weapon on school property,” Concord Police said in a statement. “Gun owners are reminded that if they live with minors, under North Carolina law they have a responsibility to store their firearms in a way that unsupervised minors cannot access them.”

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