A Woodbury High School student had a replica firearm that looked like a real gun in his backpack, according to charges filed Wednesday. The student ran from the school, charges said, which led the high school and Royal Oaks Elementary to put additional security measures in place while a search for h im was underway Monday afternoon. He was arrested Monday. The Woodbury City Attorney’s Office charged the 18-year-old student Wednesday. On Monday, after lunch, the teen was in another student’s vehicle in the school’s parking lot. There was discussion about fights with acquaintances and the 18-year-old said, “I would not fight him, I would just pop him. … Look at this,” and pulled a handgun from his backpack, according to the criminal complaint. Just before 1:45 p.m., a Woodbury police school resource officer was told about the gun. The officer found the teen and asked if he had anything he shouldn’t. He “grew aggravated and walked away,” said he would “refuse the search” and left the school, the complaint said. Witnesses reported seeing someone running from the school. “After an extensive search of the area,” police found the teen, the complaint said. He didn’t have a backpack or a firearm. During a search, an officer found the bottom/handle of what appeared to be a firearm on Cypress Drive near Cochrane Drive. Officers continued searching and located the top portion and slide. It was determined to be a replica firearm. The teen is charged with brandishing a replica firearm while on school property, a gross misdemeanor, and fleeing a peace officer, a misdemeanor. Related Articles Woodbury attorney disbarred after being convicted of swindling client 3rd person pleads guilty in $120k attempt to bribe Feeding Our Future juror 19-year-old St. Paul man ID’d as victim of fatal stabbing in Dayton’s Bluff Identical twin sister spared prison for trying to swap identity in fatal Amish buggy crash Woman killed in White Bear Township hit-and-run ID’d ...read more read less