WATERBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — A 17-year-old student at Waterbury Career Academy was arrested after police found a handgun in his backpack Friday.

He was reported by other students who said he had a handgun on him the day before.

The school was placed into a shelter-in-place while they located the student. He was found and detained by the school resource officer.

The shelter-in-place was subsequently lifted and school operations resumed.

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