Chula Vista middle school student found on campus with a gun NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

Some middle school parents in the Sweetwater Unified School District are breathing a collective sigh of relief after a gun brought to school on Monday was recovered before it was used against someone.

Police responded to complaint of a gun at Castle Park Middle School in Chula Vista around 11a.m. In a letter sent to parents on Tuesday, Nina Hermosillo, the school’s principal, said that one student was arrested and that the firearm was confiscated.

The buzz on Castle Park’s campus on Tuesday was about the classmate who brought a gun to school.

“I don’t think that is OK,” said Aaron Liton, a student at Castle Park. “Why did he need to bring a gun to school?”

Aaron Liton and his father, Jose Liton, have been discussing the incident.

“Young kids, 12, 13 years, with a gun? Not good,” Jose Liton said.

A number of Sweetwater Unified parents are talking to their …