A student at Atlanta’s Carver High School was in police custody late Thursday morning after allegedly bringing a gun onto the campus.

Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones confirmed that the student did have a weapon and was in custody, but said the school, which is on McDonough Boulevard in southeast Atlanta, was not on lockdown.

According to police dispatch reports, the 16-year-old boy had a loaded .40-caliber handgun.

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