CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A 13-year-old student was arrested with a BB gun and a knife at a high school in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn Thursday.
Officials said the student was caught just before 11 a.m. inside the Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies, a school inside I.S. 303 on West Avenue. That building houses four schools.
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No one was hurt.
Charges against the teenager, who was taken to the 60th Precinct, are pending.
The Department of Education issued a statement, saying: "Safety is our top priority and the NYPD swiftly and safely recovered the BB gun. Students and staff are safe and the temporary lockdown has been lifted."
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