Crime & Safety
RivCo Girl With Gun Arrested On High School Campus: Police
A 14-year-old girl was arrested today for allegedly carrying a loaded handgun onto the campus of a Moreno Valley high school.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY -- A 14-year-old girl was arrested Thursday for allegedly carrying a loaded handgun onto the campus of a Moreno Valley high school.
Riverside County Sheriff's Sgt. Julio De Leon said that about 9:20 a.m., deputies received reports of a student with a firearm at Canyon Springs High School on Cougar Canyon Road.
During a search of the campus, deputies, working with campus administrators, located the girl and took her into custody without incident. De Leon said that the pistol was seized, and no students or staff were placed in harm's way during the investigation.
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The suspect, whose name was withheld, was booked into Riverside Juvenile Hall on suspicion of being in possession of a gun on school grounds.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff's Department's Moreno Valley station at (951) 486-6700.
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This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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