Student with replica handgun leads to lockdown at Anaheim campus

Authorities on Tuesday temporarily locked down Brookhurst Junior High School’s campus after a student was spotted with what turned out to be a replica handgun.

Officers at around 10:30 a.m. responded to the campus, at 601 N. Brookhurst St., after receiving reports of an “armed subject” at the school, according to an Anaheim Police Department statement.

Investigators determined that a 13-year-old boy was showing a friend a replica firearm when someone else saw it and called police, Sgt. Shane Carringer said.

There was no indication that the boy threatened anyone with the replica, Carringer said, and it wasn’t clear if he intentionally or accidentally brought it onto the campus.

The boy was taken into police custody. Authorities said they were unable to release any additional information because of his age.

The campus lockdown was lifted by early afternoon.