BATON ROUGE - Woodlawn High School was placed on lockdown after a gun was found on campus. 

The weapon was found after officials received a tip. 

The school is secure, officials said in a statement sent to parents. No one was injured and one student involved was taken into law enforcement custody. 

According to the school system, the student went through the metal detector and their bookbag was search, so the school is investigating why the weapon was not discovered prior to the tip. No threat was made.

Woodlawn High encouraged parents to speak to their children about the consequences of bringing a weapon to school to prevent a situation like this happening in the future.