Heavily armed man arrested on North Carolina A&T campus

Tuesday, April 4, 2023
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- A man has been arrested on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University with weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

According to court documents, 27-year-old Brandon James Bentley was charged on Sunday with several counts related to having weapons on educational property and other charges.
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Bentley was reportedly found at Sullivan Street and N. Benbow Road on the university campus with a revolver, a loaded handgun, a rifle, two shotguns and more than 500 rounds of ammunition.

Brandon Bentley

Greensboro Police Department



He also had a "makeshift firework explosive," brass knuckles, a machete, a sword, a "blowdart weapon," a crossbow, a hatchet, a stun gun, a dozen knives, "claws," a baton, and pepper spray.
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"Hearing all the stuff that he had like choking stuff and brass knuckles and the rifles and the chainsaws it's like what is this guy thinking?" Bilyana Garland, a senior at North Carolina A&T told ABC affiliate WXLV. "Who is he trying to hurt? It's scary to think that somebody could have been a victim of whatever he was trying to do."

Law enforcement in Guilford County has not released any other details about his alleged intentions or any possible threat to NC A&T, the largest Historically Black College and University in the country.



Bentley's bond was set at $100,000.

A North Carolina A&T spokesperson told WXLV that because Bentley was immediately arrested and there was no ongoing threat to campus, an Aggie Alert was not issued.
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