The school was placed on lockdown.

A student at East Hall Middle School was arrested after bringing a weapon to school. It happened Friday morning at 10:20 after school administrators said another student alerted them to the presence of the weapon.

The student, who is described as an 11-year-old sixth-grade boy, was arrested by the Hall County Sheriff’s Office after school officials retrieved a bag from his locker and found a loaded small-caliber handgun and a folding pocket knife in it.

He was suspended immediately pending a disciplinary tribunal, the school said.

During the initial investigation, the school was placed on a lockdown that was lifted at 11:30 a.m. Investigators found the student took the weapons from a family member earlier this week without that family member knowing.

Deputies said there is no indication that there were any threats made in connection with the weapons being brought to school.