A teen is being accused of bringing a loaded firearm to school in Nassau County on Monday.

Officers responded to West Hempstead High School located at 400 Nassau Boulevard around 2 p.m. for a report of the recovered weapon.

According to detectives, the incident came after a 15-year-old male juvenile was involved in an altercation with a Hempstead High School student last week.

School officials were subsequently alerted to search the boy's locker and discovered the firearm inside his bookbag.

Staff members detained the student until police arrived on scene and he was placed into custody without incident.

He will be charged with criminal possession of a weapon when he is arraigned on Tuesday in the Youth Section of First District Court in Hempstead.

News 12 has reached out to the West Hempstead School District for comment and are waiting to hear back.