This morning at approximately 7:15 AM EST units from Kentucky State Police, Post 15 responded to the Washington County School district in reference to a student who had been found with a firearm in his possession on a school bus.

The bus driver was notified by other students on the bus after they observed a hand gun in the juvenile’s backpack. School staff was able to intercede before the child entered a school with the firearm.

The juvenile was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon on school property and is being lodged in the Adair County Youth Development Center.

Tpr. Scott Curry is investigating. KSP was assisted by the Springfield Police Department.