Student arrested for allegedly bring gun to Manual High School

Posted on March 14, 2025

By WMBD TV

PEORIA – A student at Manual High School was arrested Friday for allegedly bringing a gun to school.

According to Peoria police spokeswoman Semone Roth, officers responded to Manual High School on a report of a student with a handgun in their backpack at 10:45 a.m.

The school, located near the intersection of Griswold and Lincoln, was immediately placed on lockdown, and school resource officers took the 15-year-old student into custody until police arrived. No injuries were reported.

Officers allegedly located a loaded handgun in the student’s bag. The student was arrested for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a firearm under 21, unlawful possession of ammunition, possession of a stolen firearm, no FOID, possession of a firearm, and disorderly conduct.

The student has been taken to the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center.

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