A student at Oak Park River Forest High School has been charged after police say he was found with a gun on school grounds Tuesday.
The 18-year-old was arrested outside the school at 201 N. Scoville Ave. and was charged with two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, Oak Park police said in a statement.
Village spokesman Erik Jacobsen said police “received a report Tuesday that a person intended to bring a gun to Oak Park and River Forest High School. The individual was stopped on school grounds before entering the building at around 12:30 p.m. and a weapon was recovered.”
School principal Lynda J. Parker told parents in an email that “everyone is safe, and school operations were not interrupted.”
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She urged parents to “please emphasize to your children the importance of telling a school official if they believe there is a weapon at school.”
