High school gun recovered, boy arrested

SPIRIT LAKE — The pistol that was taken to Timberlake High by a student on May 19 has been recovered.

Spirit Lake Police Chief Patrick Lawless said the gun was recovered on Sunday night at the home of one of the four students arrested in the earlier incident. No threats were made during the incident.

The father of the 15-year-old male called police at about 8 p.m. on Sunday to report a recovered Davis Industries .380-caliber semi-automatic pistol, the same gun that appeared at the school. The boy was arrested and booked into the Juvenile Detention Center for felony possession of a stolen firearm.

The gun is owned by the father of another student. Lawless said the gun will be returned to the owner.

Lawless said the boy who was arrested wouldn't speak about how it got from the school to his home. - Brian Walker