King County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested two Kentlake High School students for possessing a handgun on school property Tuesday morning.

Around 10 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office received a call from school officials who said two boys, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, had been showing off a gun to other students.

Deputies arrived at the school and found a small caliber handgun in 16-year-old’s backpack, which was reportedly given to him by the 17-year-old.

The older boy told police he had taken the gun from his aunt’s house without her knowledge when he visited her in Eastern Washington recently.

Both boys are were detained and deputies will contact Youth Services to see if the boys meet the requirements for booking.

It is unclear at this time why the gun was brought to school.

According to Kent School District spokesman Chris Loftis, no lockdown occurred, and the students were taken into custody without incident.

He also stated that no one had been threatened, harassed or injured.

“It was a very smooth operation,” he said. “An operation we wish we did not have to be prepared for, but we were.”