San Diego teacher given probation for bringing gun to school

A middle school English teacher in San Diego was sentenced Monday to three years probation and a gun safety class after pleading guilty to taking a gun and ammunition to campus.

Ned Carter Walker, 41, is the process of being fired, officials said. He has taught in the district since 2006. His lawyer said Walker brought the gun to protect his students.

Walker has been on administrative leave since being arrested in February as he walked to his classroom at Farb Middle School in the Tierrasanta neighborhood. He has been free on $50,000 bail.

School police had been informed that Walker kept weapons in his classroom. The semiautomatic gun was registered to Walker, officials said.

Police found the weapons on Walker, along with a magazine with seven rounds, officials said. He offered no resistance, they said.

In exchange for the guilty plea, a San Diego County Superior Court judge dropped a second felony charge of having a lock-blade knife.

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