Columbus, Ohio teen charged with bringing gun to Briggs High School

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — Columbus police say a teen is charged after officers allegedly found a handgun in his backpack at a Columbus high school on Thursday.

At 11 a.m., officers responded to Briggs High School for a student who reportedly brought a handgun into the building and fought with the school security personnel when they attempted to search his backpack, according to a Columbus police Facebook post.

School security said students heard the 15-year-old suspect bragging about having a handgun at school.

Columbus police officers found a Taurus, .45 caliber semi-auto pistol inside his backpack, which was loaded with the chamber empty, but with 8 live .45 caliber rounds of ammunition loaded into the gun’s magazine. A second magazine was recovered from the bag and was loaded with 19 live rounds of .40 caliber ammunition.

The suspect was charged with carrying concealed weapons and conveying a firearm into the school safety zone.