NEW: A 4th grade student is facing charges after a gun was found this morning on campus at Peoria's Alta Loma Elementary School.
Peoria Police Department officials say officers were called to Alta Loma Elementary School, near 83rd and Olive avenues, for reports of a gun on campus.
Officers worked with school administrators during an investigation and learned a 4th grade student had a firearm in their backpack.Police say several charges will be submitted against the student, including carrying a weapon on school grounds and a minor carrying a firearm.
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