Two Madison La Follette High School students were arrested Tuesday after an armed robbery was reported on school grounds and a gun and loaded magazines were discovered in a backpack, Madison police reported.
Police say the robbery involved two groups of students and a deal to purchase vape pens, and that one of the groups reportedly flashed a gun as the pens were stolen.
A student later admitted to finding a gun on the bike path along school property Tuesday morning, police said, and the gun was reportedly passed around between students. Another student said the gun was never shown during the robbery and that it was a fake firearm, police reported.
An initial police search of school grounds did not turn up a gun, but a 16-year-old student was arrested for armed robbery and taken to the Juvenile Reception Center. His name was not released because he is a minor.