SAN ANTONIO - A 12-year-old boy was arrested for taking a handgun to Rayburn Middle School on the far West Side.
Northside Independent School District officials said the incident happened around 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
A student went to the front office and told an administrator that the boy was showing off a gun.
NISD police tracked down the student and arrested him.
The boy is charged with possession of a firearm on school property.
The charge carries mandatory expulsion and assignment to the Juvenile Justice Academy, a school run by Bexar County for expelled students.