Loaded Gun Found In West Hempstead Student's Bag, Teen Arrested: PD

WEST HEMPSTEAD, NY — A loaded gun was found in a West Hempstead student's bag on Monday afternoon, Nassau County police said.

Officers responded to West Hempstead High School on Nassau Boulevard at 1:50 p.m. for a report of the recovered gun, police said.

According to police, after a 15-year-old boy was involved in an altercation with a Hempstead High School student the week prior, the school prompted a search of the teen's locker.

Police said a loaded firearm was recovered from inside his bookbag, and the teen was detained by school staff before being placed under arrest when officers arrived.

The 15-year-old was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, police said. He will be arraigned on Nov. 10 at the Youth Section of First District Court in Hempstead, police said.