By: Las Vegas Now Staff
In two separate incidents, students brought guns to high schools in the valley Monday morning. The guns were found just minutes apart at Arbor View and Desert Pines High Schools.
A 16-year-old girl was taken into custody at Desert Pines High School for having a loaded small caliber gun in her backpack.
Across town, a 16-year-old boy was arrested for the same thing – carrying a loaded gun in his backpack.
Eyewitness News tried to talk to the 16-year-old girl's father who was called to campus. He said his daughter did nothing wrong.
The man didn't want to stop for our cameras or give us his name, but it's his daughter who Clark County School District Police say had a loaded gun in her backpack Monday morning.
She was handcuffed and put into a squad car before being taken to Juvenile Hall. Police say she did not display the gun or threaten to use it on anyone.
Alberto Sablam picked up his son from campus Monday and learned of the potential danger his son was in. “You feel for their safety, they could have died. Then what? You wanna start crying.”
Lt. Ken Young with the Clark County School District Police says it's too soon to know if either incident is gang related. “The schools are not related as far as the incident. The officers are still investigating to see if there are any gang ties or any gang reference to this.”
Police are crediting the quick thinking of students at Desert Pines and Arbor View for telling administrators their classmates had guns on campus. Monday's findings bring the total number of firearms found on campus this year to 11.
Both students are being charged with possession of a dangerous weapon on school property.
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