Santa Barbara High School’s campus was placed on a temporary precautionary “hold” late Friday morning, after school staff looking into an on-campus incident found one student in possession of an unspecified weapon.
Police responded to the campus just before 11 a.m. on October 17, following what school staff said was an incident involving several students. Staff members found that one of the students involved in the incident had a weapon, and school staff safely isolated the student and were able to take the weapon, according to a statement issued by the Santa Barbara Police Department Friday afternoon.
The Santa Barbara Police Department and Santa Barbara Unified School District were not able to provide further detail as to the nature of the alleged weapon, or whether the student in possession of the weapon was taken into custody or off campus.