GRAHAM, Wash. — A 14-year-old boy was arrested and charged after bringing a loaded gun to the first day of school at Graham-Kapowsin High School in Graham.

“This could have been a serious incident if it had not been [sic] from the Campus Safety’s amazing situational awareness and swift actions,” a spokesperson for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. “Amazing work by all.”

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office responded to the school Wednesday just after 1 p.m., after the school notified deputies that the boy had a gun.

School staff told deputies that the boy and three other current and former students had been “avoiding and running away” from campus security and staff “all day.”

The boy, who is a student at a junior high school in the Puyallup School District, was fou

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