High school student arrested for having loaded gun on HISD campus

HOUSTON – A loaded .22-caliber was found on a student at a Houston Independent School District school in Sharpstown Wednesday. 

In a statement, the Advanced Virtual Academy said, "HISD police discovered the weapon while questioning the student about an unrelated incident and immediately confiscated the gun. No one was injured."

The student was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm in a prohibited place.