Two separate incidents last month led to four Fairfield Central High School students being charged with disorderly conduct, while two high schoolers face charges of having a weapon on school property.

On Jan. 22, Kevonte Ruff and a juvenile, whose name is being withheld because of his age, were arguing in the high school’s parking lot when Ruff pulled out a gun and pointed it at the other student.

The juvenile left briefly, then returned with a weapon (a pellet gun), states the Winnsboro Department of Public Safety incident report.

“The offenders did point the weapons at each other,” states the report.

The argument ended without anyone being hurt, or school officials being aware of the incident.

Once school administrators and Francine Goins, the School Resource Officer (SRO), learned of the argument, they met with both students and their parents on Jan. 26. According to the report, Ruff said he brought the gun to school to protect himself from the other student.

Both students were charged with having a weapon on school property.

WDPS director Freddie Lorick said it is not common for students to have weapons at school.

“There was one other incident with a gun, and the gun wasn’t found at the school,” Lorick said.

In a Jan. 26 altercation, four female students, whose names are being withheld because of their ages, were charged with disorderly conduct after fighting on the first floor of the high school.

The WDPS incident report states that Goins brought the students to the Department of Public Safety, where they were released to their parents.

“If someone under 17 is arrested, the SRO will transport them to Public Safety and then release them to their parents. If they’re arrested for something serious, then they will be transported to DJJ,” Lorick said. “If they’re over 17, they’re taken to the dentition center.”