A report of a student with a gun at Elkhart Academy at Tipton led to the arrest of an 18-year-old on a preliminary battery charge.

Officers were called to the school in the 1000 block of Tipton Street around 8 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3, according to a news release from the Elkhart Police Department.

On arrival, investigators were told the student took off from school grounds, the police department reported.

Administrators told police they got a tip that a student was possibly in possession of a gun. They searched the student’s backpack and allegedly found a firearm, the police department reported.

The student then struck the administrators hand, causing the gun to fall to the ground. The student then picked the gun up and took off, according to the report.

Officers located the student, Demetrius Sturgis of Mishawaka, but they did not find the gun.

The case remains under investigation.