NEENAH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A gun and ammunition were found in a student’s backpack Tuesday at Neenah High School.
District officials say a police resource officer at the school received a call with a tip that a student may have stolen a gun and was keeping it at a residence. The student was at school, and officials immediately brought him in for questioning. The student’s belongings were found in an empty classroom. A search of his backpack turned up the handgun, which was unloaded, and ammunition.
The student was arrested.
School officials determined the student bringing the gun to school was an isolated incident. There was an increased police presence at the school for the rest of the afternoon.
A previously scheduled lockdown drill went on as planned Tuesday.
