HAMMOND, La. —

A Hammond teen has been arrested for bringing two BB weapons to highschool on Wednesday.

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Workplace has booked a 14-year-old boy on two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm.

Deputies say that on Wednesday, a scholar at Hammond Eastside Higher Faculty reported to a instructor that one other scholar had a gun in his college bag.

The scholar was instantly taken into custody, by the varsity useful resource officers and the 2 BB weapons had been present in his college bag.

There have been no threats of violence related to this incident.

The campus was positioned on a short lockdown in the course of the investigation, however at no time had been any college students at risk.

The TPSO needs to acknowledge the reporting scholar for his or her actions and is reminding everybody that details about crimes, suspicious, and even regarding actions in our faculties may be shared by means of Crime Stoppers of Tangipahoa’s tip line at 1-800-554-5245 or go to www.tangicrimestoppers.com and click on on the P3 Suggestions icon or Submit A Tip! You may present this info anonymously.