Two students, 12 and 13 years old, were charged Monday with possession of a weapon on school grounds, according to Kissimmee Police Department.
A 13-year-old male student of Heritage Christian School on East Vine Street in Kissimmee, is accused of bringing a gun onto the campus and asking one of his classmates, a 12-year-old boy to hold the weapon inside his book bag.
At lunch time, the 13-year-old boy asked his friend to retrieve the gun so he could show it off. After showing off the gun, the teen threatened the students with the gun not to tell anyone.
School officials who learned of the incident located the gun, which was not loaded, inside the book bag of the 12-year-old’s locker.
Police said, both students were arrested and transported to Kissimmee Police Department for questioning.
Both boys were charged with possession of a weapon on school grounds and possession of a weapon by a child under the age of 18. The 13-year-old was also charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill. He was transported to the Orange County Juvenile Detention Center where he is being held on no bond.
The 12-year-old was released into his mother’s custody at the Kissimmee Police Department.
