The dad and mom of a third-grade Virginia pupil had been arrested after their son allegedly discovered a handgun at dwelling and introduced it to highschool, the place he unwittingly pulled the set off throughout class.
Ciara Armstead, 36, and Terrence Carroll Jr., 34, had been nabbed hours after the firearm went off inside a classroom full of greater than two dozen college students at Lee Hill Elementary Faculty in Spotsylvania at 10:50 a.m. Monday, in accordance with the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Workplace.
The teen discovered the unsecured weapon at dwelling and put it into his backpack alongside along with his faculty books, police stated.
The coed inadvertently pulled the set off whereas retrieving one thing from his bag — inflicting the trainer to instantly evacuate all 26 college students and notify the college sources officer, in accordance with the sheriff’s workplace.
A preliminary investigation discovered the elementary pupil had no intention of harming anybody, police stated.
The kid concerned is not going to be charged.
The boy’s dad and mom — who police stated are cooperating — had been every hit with baby endangerment and unsecured weapons prices.
They had been every launched on a $5,000 bond and can seem in court docket subsequent Friday for arraignment.
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