Five charges laid in connection with incident at Regina high school

The gun call at F.W. Johnson Collegiate on Friday has resulted in five charges against a 13-year-old girl.

In a media release Monday, the Regina Police Service said the teen was charged with two counts of assault with a weapon and one count each of possession of a weapon, use of a firearm during the commission of an indictable offence, and carrying a concealed weapon.

The girl, who can’t be named under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was to appear in court Monday morning.

On Friday at around 9:15 a.m., police got a call that a youth with a gun had entered the east-end high school. The school was locked down and elementary schools in the area went into “secure the building” mode.

“Investigation led police to a residence on the 1300 block of Fleet Street where two youths were arrested,” the police release said. “Officers located the firearm believed to have been used in the event and determined it to be an Airsoft firearm.”

The lockdown and “secure the building” protocols were lifted at about 11:30 a.m.