COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The El Paso County Sheriff's Office arrested two students at a Colorado Springs-area high school for allegedly bringing a handgun and an airsoft gun to school.

The arrests occurred Friday at Mesa Ridge High School after reports of weapons on campus led the on-site resource officer to the student and the handgun, where they were detained and the weapon confiscated, the sheriff's office said.

"After securing the firearm, the SRO immediately located a second student associated with the incident. Both students were detained, and the school administration placed the facility in a security hold, while additional Patrol deputies, including a K9 team, could respond," the sheriff's office said.

Both were booked into juvenile detention on multiple misdemeanor charges, in

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