2 teens facing charges for bringing guns to Springfield school

OIC of Clark County is located at 10 S. Yellow Springs St. in Springfield. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Credit: Bill Lackey

Credit: Bill Lackey

OIC of Clark County is located at 10 S. Yellow Springs St. in Springfield. BILL LACKEY/STAFF

Two teens are in jail and facing charges after bringing guns to a Springfield school.

According to Springfield police, at around 9 a.m. on Wednesday, officers were called to the Opportunities for Individual Change (OIC) school at 10 S. Yellow Springs Street after a school resource officer found a firearm in a backpack.

Police also received a report of another student with a gun, which was located.

The two students are 18 years old and were taken into custody, police said.

Both were charged with a concealed weapons charge and an illegal conveyance charge for having a gun on school property, both felonies.

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