13-year-old student brings gun to Evanston middle school, police say

EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) — A north suburban middle school student brought a gun to his campus on Monday, police said.

One student told Chute Middle School officials that a 13-year-old boy showed a handgun to his classmates on Monday morning, Evanston police said. The school was initially put on soft lockdown, but it was lifted after school officials took the gun from the armed student.

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Evanston police responded to the school, located in the 1400 block of Oakton, at about 11 a.m. The boy was taken into custody and brought to the police station for questioning.

The investigation has not revealed any credible threats against other students or school officials, police said.

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Last June, hundreds of students at the school walked out of class to protest gun violence and support restrictions on the sale and use of guns. The protest occurred two weeks after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.