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Student detained after bringing gun to central Phoenix charter school

The student will be booked into a juvenile corrections center, police said.

PHOENIX — A student at Cornerstone Charter High School was detained by police Wednesday after police said the individual brought a gun on campus. 

Phoenix police said they were called to the school, near Black Canyon Freeway and West Glendale Avenue, for reports of a student with a gun at the school. Police contacted the administration and were told a student did have a gun which was in the possession of the school principal, police said. 

The student was detained and is in the process of being booked into a juvenile corrections center, according to Phoenix police. The age of the student was not given. 

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