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Police arrested a student who brought a loaded gun to Menlo-Atherton High School on Thursday, Nov. 10, Atherton police said.
Police received a call around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday from staff at the Atherton school saying they received an anonymous tip that a student was in possession of a firearm, said Cmdr. Daniel Larsen in a Tuesday email. The person who made the anonymous tip provided the student's identifying information.
"When the student arrived on campus, they were brought to the office and the school called the PD (police department)," Larsen said. School staff searched the student and located the firearm on the student's waistband, he said. The student had a Sig Sauer P226 9mm pistol with one round chambered and nine rounds in the magazine.
The student was arrested for having a firearm at a public school, carrying a concealed weapon and having a firearm in public. The student was booked at Hillcrest Juvenile Detention Center in San Mateo, according to Larsen.
Larsen could not immediately provide additional information, such as details about the type of weapon, but said he would be able to do so on Tuesday.
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