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G.R. Student Caught With Loaded Gun

Posted at 3:17 PM, Nov 13, 2012
and last updated 2013-02-20 12:51:15-05
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—

Around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday the Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD) responded to a report of a concealed weapon at The Lighthouse Charter Academy.

According the the police, the school on the North East side of the Grand Rapids called 911 after learning a male student had a handgun inside the school.

When the police arrived, they approached the 15-year-old suspect and discovered he had a loaded .38 caliber handgun. The police arrested the suspect and took him to the Kent County Juvenile Detention Center.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the GRPD at 616-456-3604 or Silent Observer at 616-774-2345.