NEWARK -- A 15-year-old boy was arrested after he was found with a loaded gun at the Newark charter school he attends Thursday, authorities said.

Police were called to a report of a student with a weapon at M.E.T.S. Charter School on Broad Street around noon, according to Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose, who said officers arrested the boy without incident.

Ambrose said police recovered a loaded 9MM handgun from the student. The boy was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon in an educational institution.

Capt. Adolph Perez, commander of Newark's 3rd police precinct, is set to meet with school officials to discuss security and "ways to improve security with the goal of reducing the likelihood of similar incidents," the public safety director added.

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