PONCHATOULA, La. —

A 17-year-old has been arrested for bringing a gun to his school's campus in Ponchatoula.

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office arrested Thomas Sharp, 17, of Ponchatoula. Advertisement

According to deputies, they received reports that a gun was seen sitting on the front passenger seat of a student's car in the Ponchatoula High School parking lot.

School administrators and the School Resource Officer confirmed the driver of the car was Sharp, and he was arrested.

TPSO believes no students were in any danger, and the school was not placed on lockdown.

Sharp is being charged with one count of possession of a firearm on school property.

Information about crimes, suspicious or even concerning activities, in our schools through Crime Stoppers of Tangipahoa’s tip line

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