A 12-year-old student has been arrested after authorities found a loaded gun in a school transport van Monday.

The Summit County Sheriff's Office responded to Akron Public Schools’ Bridges Learning Center, 888 Jonathan Ave., on a report of a gun brought to school by a student, according to a news release.

Detectives found a loaded semiautomatic pistol hidden in the back of a school transport van. The sheriff's office initially reported a child at the learning center told teachers and deputies they saw another student brandishing a gun, but it was later determined the gun was never brought onto school grounds.

Akron Public Schools spokesman Mark Williamson said the student arrived at school in the van and left it on the seat or under the seat.

Williamson said when a parent or guardian tried to take the student out of class early, Principal Stephanie Davis heard the parent and the child talking about a gun, and the student told the principal that the gun was in the van. No other student saw the gun, Williamson said.

Detectives learned the gun was stolen the day before from an Akron residence.

The 12-year-old student was arrested on charges of carrying a concealed weapon and theft of a firearm and taken to the Summit County Juvenile Detention Center.

In an unrelated incident Monday morning, the body of a 38-year-old Akron man was found in an outdoor area at the Bridges Learning Center. It appears the man had died by suicide two days earlier, authorities said. The man died of a gunshot wound, and a gun was found at the scene, the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office said.