HAVERHILL, MASS. (WHDH) - A 16-year-old was arrested after allegedly bringing a weapon to Haverhill High School Monday, police said.
Officers responded to the school at 10:40 a.m. for reports of a student who had fled the school when approached by school security regarding a report he may have had a firearm, police said. Officers arrested the student in the 200 block area of Broadway and he will be arraigned in juvenile court.
The building was locked down before a controlled dismissal of students. Officers and a K9 from the State Police are searching the area but have not found a firearm, police said.
“It is absolutely unacceptable for anyone to bring a gun into a school,” Mayor James Fiorentini said. “For a 16-year-old to have a gun in a school, completely unacceptable.”
The school was swept by State Police K-9 Units.
The teen was transported to the Lawrence Juvenile Court.
The school was dismissed as normal.
“This is completely unacceptable obviously,” Fiorentini said. “We will reexamine our security procedures.”
School officials and Haverhill police are still investigating the incident.
Summer school schedule will continue without interruption but with more police presence.
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