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Wyoming Police: 15-year-old student caught with handgun in backpack at Godfrey-Lee Schools East Lee Campus

Some rumors circling around alerted staff to the danger, and that's when they found a handgun in the student's backpack on Godfrey-Lee Schools East Lee Campus.

WYOMING, Mich. — A 15-year-old student was arrested after Godfrey-Lee faculty and police found a handgun in a backpack Friday morning. 

The Wyoming Police Department said they were called to the East Lee campus around 9:20 a.m. 

Godfrey-Lee staff learned some word-of-mouth rumors that someone brought a firearm to school. They checked it out and ended up finding a handgun in a 15-year-old student's backpack. 

Police arrested the teen. 

It's now up to the Kent County Prosecutor's Office to review potential charges moving forward. 

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Wyoming Police detectives at 616-530-7300 or Silent Observer at 616-774-2345; 1-866-774-2345; or https://www.silentobserver.org.

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