SPOKANE, Wash. — A Spokane elementary school student was taken into custody on Wednesday after allegedly bringing a gun to the school, according to Spokane Police Department (SPD).
At approximately 11 a.m. on Wednesday, school officials at Willard Elementary received information that a student was in possession of a firearm. Staff then discovered that the 12-year-old student had a loaded revolver in their backpack, according to a release from SPD.
Police responded and transported the student to juvenile detention on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of dangerous weapons on school grounds.
Police do not believe any students were threatened with the firearm. There is also no definitive motive for the student's actions.
At this point it does not appear any students were threatened with the firearm, nor is there a definitive motive for the student’s conduct.
Under RCW 9.41.280 (possession of dangerous weapons on school facilities statute) a person arrested for bringing a firearm onto school grounds cannot be released within seventy-two hours unless they have been evaluated by a designated crisis responder.