BELL GARDENS, Calif. (KABC) — A juvenile who was reportedly in possession of a handgun was taken into custody at Bell Gardens High School on Wednesday morning, according to police.
The Bell Gardens Police Department said it recieved a 911 call about a juvenile with a handgun at the campus on Agra Street.
Officers responded to the school, took the juvenile into custody and recovered a handgun, according to police.
A bystander’s video shows an officer taking a juvenile into custody at Bell Gardens High School after police responded to a report of a gun on campus.
Video posted on social media by a witness shows a in plain clothes, possibly a school security guard, standing over the suspect, who is lying face-down on the pavement in a courtyard. Police officers pull up in a patrol vehicle moments later, and one of the officers handcuffs the suspect, who is then placed in the back seat of the police cruiser.
Authorities completed a search of the school, with SWAT officers at the scene. The campus was temporarily placed on lockdown before the all-clear was given. Students were being released at the Joboneria Road/Watcher Street gate.
AIR7 video shows a law enforcement presence at the school, in addition to what appears to be groups of students outside.
The department emphasized that there were no reports of an active shooter, and no shooting occurred. No injuries were reported.
The kindergarten through 12th grade system is normally handled by Montebello Unified School Police, but Bell Gardens police assist for critical incidents.
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