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North Royalton High School and Middle School were temporarily locked down on Friday morning after gun was discovered on the bumper of a car in the high school parking lot.

(Bob Sandrick, Northeast Ohio Media Group)

NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio -- North Royalton High School and Middle School were temporarily locked down on Friday morning after a holstered handgun was discovered on the bumper of a car in the high school parking lot.

North Royalton police locked down both schools and found no threat to either campus, Superintendent Gregory J. Gurka said.

Police discovered that the gun belonged to a student's father, Det. Dave Loeding said. The father left the gun on the bumper of the car and the student -- who didn't know the weapon was on the car -- drove the car to school, Loeding said.

The father, who has a concealed handgun license, took full responsibility for the accident and will not be charged, Loeding said.

Two students on their way into school saw the gun and reported it, according to police.