EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (PIX11) – A 16-year-old boy was accused of bringing a gun to a Brooklyn high school on Tuesday, according to the NYPD.
It happened at Samuel J. Tilden High School in East Flatbush around 4:15 p.m.
The student was accused of having a loaded 9mm handgun, police said.
He was taken into custody and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing, according to authorities.
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