GREENVILLE, NC (WITN) – A man has been accused of having a machine gun on the campus of East Carolina University.

Christian Lynch was charged by Greenville police with possession of a machine gun, possession of a weapon of mass destruction, weapon on educational property, carrying a concealed weapon and possession of up to 1/2 ounce of marijuana.

Warrants say the 18-year-old Nashville man was arrested yesterday. Court documents say the machine gun was a Glock .357 magnum weapon modified with an external switch.

The man is accused of having the gun in a campus parking lot, according to warrants.

WITN has reached out to Greenville police for more information on the man’s arrest.

Lynch remains in the Pitt County Jail on $25,000 bond.

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