BAY MINETTE – A Baldwin County High School student brought a gun to the Bay Minette school today.

School officials were tipped off by a parent who said a weapon could be in a backpack.

Administrators went straight to the backpack and handed it to police. Officers determined the gun was not loaded, but there were bullets elsewhere in the backpack.

“The firearm was never exposed to anybody,” school district spokesman Terry Wilhite said. “It remained in the backpack until it was removed by police.”

According to a press release, no students were threatened, no students were harmed and no students even knew there was a firearm on campus.

Two students were arrested by Bay Minette Police.

“School safety is a community effort,” said Wilhite. “We are greatly appreciative of the parent who notified administrators."