San Jose police on Wednesday arrested a student armed with a gun and knife on the campus of Willow Glen High School, according to SJPD.
Units responded just before noon on a report of a student with a firearm on the campus in the 2000 block of Cottle Avenue, police said.
Two school resource officers chased down the student and took them into custody. They confiscated a loaded ghost gun they found in the student's possession, police said.
“We got a report of someone with a weapon and a staff and an officer were able to come find the student,” said Jennifer Maddox of the San Jose Unified School District.
The campus was placed in a lockdown for a brief period, and nearby Willow Glen Middle School was placed in a shelter-in-place, according to a school district message to the school community.
“I was eating at lunch and they told us to run into our classroom, there was someone with the weapons so I started running to my class,” said student Anthony Garcia.
“I was pretty scared because the same thing happened yesterday and I was crying during it and I called my parents,” she said.
San Jose Unified confirmed they did look into another possible threat.
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“Yesterday, we had a report that someone with a weapon was seen on campus. It turned out to be a false report,” said Maddox.
Parents say they’re just relieved their kids are OK.
“I think if someone want to do harm they are going to find a way to do so. I’m glad that the person was caught before anything happened," said mother Nicole Lavin.
Officers were staying in the area as they continued to investigate the incident, but there was no ongoing threat to the public or school, police said.
