Media Release OPP - PERSON CHARGED AFTER PELLET GUN DAMAGES SCHOOL BUSES

FROM/DE: Lanark County Detachment                                    DATE: April 28, 2023

-CORRECTION-

PERSON CHARGED AFTER PELLET GUN DAMAGES SCHOOL BUSES

Time Corrected - P.M. not A.M.

(MISSISSIPPI MILLS, ON) - The Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an individual following reports of shots fired. 

On April 27, 2023, at about 4:30 p.m., officers received information that two school buses had been shot at by a pellet gun on Clayton Road in the Municipality of Mississippi Mills.

Several windows on two school buses were shattered. Students were present on the buses at the time, but no injuries were reported.

Nathan BROWN, 18-years-old of the Municipality of Mississippi Mills, has been charged with the following offences:

-      Imitation firearm - use while committing an offence

-      Discharge air gun or pistol with intent

-      Mischief - destroys or damages property

The accused is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Perth on June 5, 2023.

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