A 14-year-old student was found with a gun during the first day of the school year at a St. Paul high school Tuesday, according to police.
Police were called to Johnson Senior High School on Arcade Street at 9:30 a.m.
The school received a tip that a student may have brought a weapon to school, Principal Jamil Payton wrote in an email that will be sent to parents Tuesday.
“During a staff search conducted by one of our assistant principals, interventionist, and school support liaison (SSL), a gun was found,” he wrote. “No one was injured.”
Police responded to the school, and found staff had the teen and the firearm secured, said Alyssa Arcand, a St. Paul police spokeswoman. The handgun was unloaded when police recovered it.
Officers booked the teen into the Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Center.
“I understand this news can be extremely upsetting, especially on the first day of school,” Payton wrote. “At the same time, I want to call out that our safety protocols worked as intended.”
An investigation is underway, according to Arcand.
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