UPDATE:
The Pima County Sheriff's Department confirmed the student was arrested and charged with:
- a minor prohibited from carrying firearm,
- interference with an educational institution
- threatening/intimidating
The Vail School District confirmed with KGUN 9 that the gun was loaded.
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KGUN 9 received a letter from the Vail School District that says a student was arrested and charged after bringing a gun to Corona Foothills Middle School on Wednesday.
The letter was originally sent to parents of students at the school, written by the school's principal.
Principal Margaret Steuer wrote the letter to parents, saying a report of a student with a gun was received in the morning.
Steuer retrieved both the student and the firearm "minutes after the report was made."
"I grabbed my AP, I told my dean of students to call 9-1-1," Steuer said in an interview the next day. "We went right to the classroom, the student was sitting right at the door, I took the backpack, and we escorted the student out. We checked the student's waistband and we went to the office. Within 3 to 5 minutes, we had the student and we had the weapon, and the campus was secure."
The school was not placed in lockdown.
KGUN 9 is still awaiting confirmation of the arrest and charges from the Pima County Sheriff's Department.
