KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Bonner Springs High School student brought a firearm to school on Wednesday.
At around 1:55 p.m., the school resource officer with the Bonner Springs Police Department was notified about reports of a student showing others students a firearm, according to a department news release.
The officer and school staff immediately took the 15-year-old student into custody without incident. The firearm was confiscated by police without issue as well.
"The firearm was later determined to be non-functional and at no time were any threats made by the suspect," the release said.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing.
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