PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) – Authorities are investigating how a student ended up inside Gresham High School with a gun after he allegedly threatened someone outside, leaving several students on edge after the fact.
On Friday, Sept. 20, someone in the community called the school to alert them they had been threatened by someone with a gun at a nearby transit center whom they believed was a high school student.
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Gresham police later confirmed that the student had carried the weapon into the school. Staff found the student and placed them in a secure area before contacting police. No shots had been fired.
The student, only identified as a 17 year old, admitted to staff that he had the gun, which was later confiscated by officers during their arrest. He now faces charges of unlawful possession of a weapon, carrying a concealed weapon and having a firearm in a public building.
Several students told KOIN 6 News they feel unnerved after the incident because they did not hear much about what had happened until the weekend.