Girl, 13, facing weapons charges after incident at Regina high school

A 13-year-old girl has been charged in connection with a gun incident that put an east Regina high school under lockdown last week.

Police were called to F.W. Johnson Collegiate around 9:15 a.m. CST, after reports of someone with a gun inside the building.

The school was cleared and, after investigating, police say no one was hurt.

Officers later arrested two youths at a home nearby in the 1300 block of Fleet Street.

An airsoft rifle, which is believed to be the one used in the incident, was recovered.

The teen who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Actis charged with two counts of assault with a weapon, carrying and possessing a weapon, and using a gun while committing an indictable offence.

She wasdue to make her first provincial youth court appearance Monday morning.