SPOKANE — A 12-year-old boy is accused of bringing a handgun to Shaw Middle School, forcing the school into a brief lockdown Tuesday in north Spokane.
Police officers responded at 11:30 a.m. to the school, 4106 N. Cook St., after school officials called 911 advising a student had a weapon in his possession, according to a Spokane Police Department news release. Another student reported the information to school staff, police said.
Spokane Public Schools resource officers contacted the student, took away his backpack and found a loaded handgun inside, according to police. The boy fled the school after 911 was called.
Patrol officers located the student a short distance away from the school and detained him. Police learned the student had showed the gun to another classmate, telling him not to say anything, according to police.