Police in Raleigh, NC detained five students and at least one remains in jail after one of them passed a handgun to another student.

According to WRAL, 17 year-old Franklin Castillo-Diaz obtained the gun from another student and then gave it to 17 year-old Elsy Diaz-Quintanilla.

Castillo-Diaz is from Honduras. Diaz-Quintanila is from El Salvador. Both are in the country illegally. The Department of Homeland Security has begun proceedings to have both deported.

Castillo-Diaz has reportedly been released on bond.  Diaz-Quintanilla remains in custody.

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