BUCKEYE, Ariz. — The Buckeye Police Department dismissed any threats after a student was found armed at a high school Wednesday morning.
Police responded to a call of an armed student at Verrado High School on Indian School Road. Officials said the 15-year-old student was arrested and the gun was recovered.
No one was hurt during the incident and there is no longer a threat to the school or surrounding community, police said.
Buckeye police are still investigating why the student brought the weapon to school and how he obtained it.
Sam Jones, a 16-year-old Verrado High student, told 12 News his armed classmate may have been trying to scare someone and possibly didn't intend to harm anyone.
Students were dismissed from their classes for the rest of the day.
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