NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — For the third time in a two-week span, a weapons detection system has led to the discovery of another loaded gun at a Nashville school.

The Metro Nashville Police Department said the Evolv detection system at Whites Creek High School alerted staff to check a student's backpack as he entered the school Thursday morning.

Inside the 16-year-old's backpack, staff reportedly found a loaded handgun with an extended magazine and the serial number scratched off.

According to authorities, the 16-year-old was arrested and charged at Juvenile Court with bringing a weapon onto school property and unlawful gun possession.

Thursday morning's incident marks the third arrest involving Evolv detection system alerting staff to guns being brought to Metro Nashville Public Schools.

Earlier this week, a 17-year-old senior student was arrested after the weapon detection system at Maplewood High School prompted staff to check his backpack, where a loaded semi-automatic pistol was found.

Additionally, a 18-year-old senior was arrested last week after a stolen, loaded handgun was found in his bookbag as he went through the Evolv detection system at Antioch High School. The student reportedly told police that he "brings the gun to his after-school job for protection and forgot to remove it from his backpack."

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