San Jose high school student allegedly brought loaded ghost gun on campus

San Jose high school student arrested after loaded gun brought to campus

Authorities in San Jose say they confiscated a loaded ghost gun from a student at Willow Glen High School Wednesday.

A San Jose high school student was arrested after allegedly bringing a loaded ghost gun and knife to campus on Wednesday.

Two Willow Glen High School resources officers captured the unidentified student after a chase, San Jose police said.

"Thanks to the quick actions of these on-campus School Resource Officers, this gun was seized and possibly prevented a tragic event from occurring," the police tweeted.

Student Kayla Quinones said she still can't believe what she witnessed.

"I hear footsteps running, and I turn and see a kid running this way with a pistol," said Kayla.

So she ran too.

"I ran into my classroom locking the door and telling everybody there is a guy with a gun. And we start barricading," she recalled. She added, "I was pretty much frozen, so I couldn't really barricade. Honestly they did such a great job barricading."

Kayla said she called 911 and texted her mom.

"Getting the text from her, a broken text. It was guy, gun, mom and then mom a bunch of times. You know every mother's fear is to get that text," said the girl's mother, Suzanne Otero.

San Jose police say a Willow Glen high school student was arrested with a loaded ghost gun and knife on campus.Photo: San Jose police (KTVU FOX 2)

The high school campus was on lockdown as was the neighboring Willow Glen Middle School.

The loaded ghost gun was recovered after a brief foot pursuit.

"Our staff along with our campus police officer went to pull the student and were able to safely contain the situation. All students and staff are safe," says Jennifer Maddox, with the San Jose Unified School District.

Officials with the school district said the protocol they have in place to stem these types of situations is getting too much use.

In April, a student at Hoover Middle School also brought a gun to campus.

And then there have been threats, like one at Lincoln High School a few months ago. There was also gun scare at Willow Glen Middle on Tuesday.

Families said they are frustrated.

"Angry. It's terrible that that is the norm for them," said Otero.

After the lockdown was lifted, classes resumed.

The high school will have counselors on hand for the next week.