The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office say two sixth grade students were booked into the juvenile detention center in response to a gun found in a backpack.

Two students at Capitol Middle School were arrested after a firearm was found in a student's backpack on campus, with both students being booked into the East Baton Rouge juvenile detention center on charges of illegal carrying of a firearm on school property.

Two students at a Capitol Middle School in Baton Rouge were arrested on Wednesday afternoon (March 12) after a firearm was discovered on campus.