EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (PIX11) -- A 17-year-old high school student was found with a loaded gun at his public school in Brooklyn on Monday, according to authorities.

The teen was found with the loaded firearm in his waistband at East Brooklyn Community High School on Kings Highway just before 10 a.m., police said.

East Brooklyn Community High School does not have metal detectors, but sources told PIX11 someone might have called the school to alert administrators.

Details as to why the student had the gun and how he obtained it were not immediately made known, but officials said the incident was still under investigation.

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