NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A Brooklyn teen student was arrested after school officials allegedly found the student carrying a loaded gun in his backpack Friday morning, authorities said.
According to officials, a 17-year-old student at Medgar Evers College Preparatory High School on Nostrand Avenue and Carroll Street in Crown Heights has been arrested for criminal possession of a weapon.
At around 10 a.m., the teen was taken to the after the dean smelled pot on the student where a search of the bag revealed a loaded revolver, police said.
Sources say the student said he needed it for "protection."
An investigation remains ongoing.
Two other teens have been arrested this month for bringing a loaded gun into a Bronx and Queens high school in separate incidents, according to the NYPD.
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