Security officers find gun in high school locker

CREATED Aug. 22, 2012

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A student at East High School in Wichita was arrested Tuesday morning after security officers found a handgun in his locker.  

School district security officers got a tip about the gun. It was found in the student's locker.  

Police Lieutenant Joe Schroeder said a school resource officer found the 16-year-old student in a classroom and took him into custody. The teenager was booked into the juvenile detention facility for possession of a firearm on school grounds.