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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A Springfield high school student has been detained after he brought a loaded handgun to school.
Superintendent Jennifer Gill tells The State Journal-Register (http://bit.ly/1tDEhNv ) that the 16-year-old Lanphier High School student showed the gun to a few other students Tuesday afternoon. She said the students immediately alerted administrators, security and police.
Police arrested the student and brought him to the Sangamon County Juvenile Detention Center.
A spokeswoman said the school planned to increase security.
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