COLUMBUS – A 17-year-old Northland High School student is facing multiple weapons charges after trying to sneak a loaded handgun into the school Friday morning.
TEEN TO FACE CHARGES AFTER BRINGING LOADED GUN TO SCHOOL:
CPD’s High School Resource Officer assigned to Northland HS was advised by school staff that a student ran from the school just as School Safety & Security was about to search his backpack.
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Members of the school’s safety and security staff concerned that there was a weapon in the student’s backpack were about to search the backpack shortly when the boy ran out of the school and into a nearby residential area, detectives said.
Police later received a call from a homeowner who reported that someone had dumped a backpack on their property.
The school’s resource officer responded to the location and identified the backpack as the student’s and found a loaded handgun inside.
The Gun Unit will request the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office file delinquency charges of conveying a deadly weapon into a school zone, carrying a concealed weapon and tampering with evidence.