COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two students were arrested after two Columbus City Schools were placed on lockdown Monday morning.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.
Maize Elementary School at 4360 Maize Rd., Columbus, and Brookhaven High School at 4077 Karl Rd, Columbus, both were placed on a level 2 lockdown after 9 a.m., according to Columbus police.
The schools were locked down after a student told a school-resource officer about a possible firearm on school grounds, CPD said.
Two students were arrested and a firearm was recovered before 10 a.m., said Sgt. Rich Weiner, CPD public information officer.
The arrested students attend Linden-McKinley High School at 1320 Duxberry Ave., Columbus.
CPD said the student suspects originally were on school grounds at Brookhaven but weren’t on school grounds when arrested. The students were arrested in the area, south of Brookhaven.
CPD said the two students would be charged. There wasn't any immediate information on the exact charges.
All three schools are located on the city’s North Side and are part of Columbus City Schools.
CCS Spokesperson Kim Norris said both schools were on a level 1 lockdown, not a level 2.
Norris said the incident began when two high schoolers entered Brookhaven and it was clear they were not students at the school. She said the two Linden-McKinley students were immediately identified, left the building and were headed towards Maize Elementary.
She said the security officer alerted Maize, which was why the elementary went on a temporary lockdown.
The lockdowns were lifted before 10 a.m., according to CPD.
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