December 06, 2017 - 3:06 PM
PHILADELPHIA - A seventh-grader at a Philadelphia public school is under arrest for bringing a loaded gun onto campus.
The 13-year-old at Gen. George A. McCall Elementary School was taken into custody Wednesday morning after another student alerted the principal the boy had a gun.
Police say the boy was arrested and no one was injured. A school district spokesman says the safety of students and staff is the district's top priority and they are co-operating with police.
It wasn't clear where the child got the gun. No other details were released.
McCall is in the city's tony Society Hill section. The school landed a 2017 National Blue Ribbon from the U.S. Department of Education in September for its high academic achievements.
News from © The Associated Press, 2017