Airsoft gun found in Ohio middle school student’s backpack

FAYETTE COUNTY — A middle school student was taken into custody after an airsoft gun was found in his backpack in Ohio.

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Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Miami Trace Local School in Fayette County around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday after a student told the school resource officer (SRO) that another student had a weapon, according to the sheriff’s office.

All students were ordered to shelter in place in their classroom while deputies responded.

The SRO detained the 12-year-old suspect, secured his backpack, and found a weapon determined to be an airsoft weapon.

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All students resumed a normal schedule after the incident.

The student was taken to a juvenile detention center and charged with delinquency counts of illegal conveyance or possession of an object indistinguishable from a firearm in a school safety zone.

The suspect is scheduled to appear in juvenile court to answer the charges.

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