SAN ANTONIO — A student at Legacy of Educational Excellence (LEE) High School was arrested Monday morning after campus officials and district police found a gun in the student’s backpack, according to North East ISD.

In an email sent to families, North East ISD said campus administrators received a report that a student on campus “possibly had a gun.”

According to the district, administrators and the North East Police Department immediately identified and located the student in a hallway.

The district said the student was apprehended and officers searched the student’s backpack as a precaution. A gun was found inside and the student was arrested, NEISD said.

In the message, Principal Alex Escamilla encouraged families to use the incident as an opportunity to remind students not to brin

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