Woman arrested after bringing handgun to West Middle School

A woman was arrested Thursday night after bringing a handgun to a school event at West Middle School, Lawrence Public Schools said in a release.

A person in attendance at the event noticed the weapon and alerted school staff, the release said. An off-duty police officer, also in attendance, arrested the woman.

There was no incident with the weapon and no threats were made to harm anyone, the release said.

Further information was not immediately available Friday evening.