Deer Park ninth-grader in custody after unloaded gun found on campus

DEER PARK, TX (KTRK) -- A ninth-grader at Deer Park High North is in custody after the district says he was caught with an unloaded gun on campus.

Deer park ISD sent a letter home to parents. Administrators say the teen told them he brought the gun because he'd been threatened by the sibling of another teen.

The teen was caught after a Crime Stoppers tip.

This is the letter that went home to parents