Student reportedly tried to bring loaded gun onto HISD middle school campus

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A note went home to parents of students at an HISD middle school today after a student tried to bring a loaded gun onto campus.

According to officials with Hartman Middle school, an eighth-grade student had been involved in a verbal altercation with another student before school, but left campus after.

That student reportedly said he was going home to get a weapon. HISD police were notified.

School administrators say that student returned to campus and tried to get into the school with a loaded gun. He was immediately detained before he could get into the building. His weapon was taken.

The student was arrested and charged with possession of a prohibited weapon in a school zone.

No students were harmed.