Student at Phoenix-area high school arrested for having gun on campus

PHOENIX — A student at a Phoenix-area high school was arrested on Thursday after school officials found a handgun, full magazine and three knives in his backpack while he was in class.

Lisa Berry, a spokeswoman for the Goodyear Police Department, told KTAR News 92.3 FM that staff at Estrella Foothills High School in Goodyear received an anonymous alert around 8:30 a.m. that the unnamed student was in possession of a weapon.

The school resource officer and staff members removed the student from class and found the weapons. He was taken into custody without incident and will be booked into the Durango juvenile facility.

In a Facebook post, the Buckeye Union High School District said it was an “isolated incident and students are safe.” Classes were not cancelled. 

Berry said the department is recommending that the student be charged with minor in possession of a firearm, misconduct involving firearms and possession of stolen property.

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