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Police: Boy, 9, brings gun to school, aims it at classmates

By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

LAUDERHILL, Fla. — A 9-year-old South Florida boy was arrested Tuesday after he brought a loaded gun to an elementary school and aimed it at students while in a classroom, WSVN reported.

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Police in Lauderhill said the boy, a third-grader at Paul Turner Elementary School, pulled the .380 Ruger handgun from his backpack and aimed it at three classmates, the Sun-Sentinel reported.

He told his classmates, “You see this? This is a real gun” and made other threatening comments, Lauderhill police spokeswoman Yvette Marquez-Perkins said.

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Police said the student also made a reference to being bullied by his classmates, according to the television station.

The boy faces charges of possession of a firearm on school property and three counts of aggravated assault, police said.

The teacher in the classroom called the school's vice principal and the resource officer, the Sun-Sentinel reported. The resource officer was able to disarm the boy and no one was hurt, Marquez-Perkins said.

“We don’t know yet where (the child) found the weapon,” she told the newspaper.

“The child’s parents were visibly upset,” Marquez-Perkins said. “There are no charges against them at this time.”

The student was transported to the Broward Juvenile Assessment Center, WPLG reported

Police did not release the names of the boy or his parents.

"An investigation needs to be done to take appropriate actions and resolve the situation so it doesn't happen again," Lauderhill Mayor Richard Kaplan told the Sun-Sentinel. "A 9-year-old is way too young to be dealing with a weapon. I'd love to know where he got it."

There are no metal detectors at the school, the newspaper reported.

 

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