Charges laid after weapons incident at a Kitchener school
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Waterloo regional police say they have charged five youths in connection to a weapons incident Thursday in Kitchener.
Waterloo regional police say they have charged five youths in connection to a weapons incident Thursday at a Kitchener school.
The Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) said in a social media post just after 1 p.m., there would be an increased police presence in the area of Huron Road and Strasburg Road.
Police responded to Huron Heights Secondary School after receiving multiple reports of masked individuals in a vehicle seen with a gun.
According to police, officers located the vehicle in the school's parking lot and the five occupants were arrested without incident.
Police say two replica firearms were found inside the vehicle.
The five male youths were charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
The investigation is ongoing.
