COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FOUND WITH AIR GUN AND KNIFE

Just a day after a Maplewood Middle School student was apprehended with a loaded handgun, police responded to Columbia High School on Thursday on a report of another armed student.

After placing the school in a code yellow "shelter in place" status, police later found a 9th grader with an "air soft gun" and a knife. He was taken into custody.

See the police alert sent out this evening below

On 06/04/15 at approximately 2:48 PM, Maplewood Police Officers responded to Columbia High School for a report of a student armed with a handgun.  The school was placed in a shelter in place status until a determination was made that it was safe to resume normal operation.

An air soft gun and a kitchen style knife were subsequently recovered from a 15 year old 9^th grade male student who was taken into custody as a result of the incident.  At this time, there is no indication there is a threat to students attending the school and\or school staff.  Charges are pending investigation and no further details are available at this time. As a precautionary measure, additional patrols will be assigned to the area of the school. 

This marks the second time since November that a CHS lockdown occurred after a knife-related incident.