Illinois police arrest five Chicago-area high school students after lockdown
Highland Park High School was placed on lockdown while police investigated the incident
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Police in Illinois arrested five suburban Chicago high school students on Tuesday after a report of a student with a gun sent the campus into lockdown for a few hours.
The five students were arrested at Highland Park High School on Tuesday morning after a student reported seeing a fellow peer with a gun, police said, according to FOX 32.
Officials identified the student who allegedly had a gun with security video showing him and another student leaving the building.
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After searching the building, two students were arrested, District 113 Superintendent Bruce Law said in a memo to parents.
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Officials said that five students in total were arrested.
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Other public buildings in Highland Park were also sent into lockdowns during the incident.