Disturbance at MN High School Graduation Leads to Gun Seizures

Get our free mobile app

(This post has been updated with a correction. The original version mistakenly listed Brooklyn Park as the location of the incident)

Brooklyn Center, MN (KROC-AM News) - Police in a Minneapolis suburb recovered two handguns after officers were called to deal with a large disturbance during a high school graduation ceremony.

According to the Brooklyn Center Police Department, the incident took place Wednesday evening at the Brooklyn Center High School. A news release says the responding officers were told by school officials that three males had been removed from the graduation ceremony and they believed they were armed.

Brooklyn Center officers then spotted three males matching the descriptions given by witnesses walking away from the school. Officials say, during the officer’s interaction with the adult men, two handguns were recovered.

The news release says one of the guns had been reported stolen in Brooklyn Park and the other did not have any serial numbers. The three men were arrested and are expected to face weapons-related charges.