6th Grader Caught With HANDGUN After Threatening Classmate, Claims GUN Was PARENTS' IDEA

An 11-year old boy faces criminal charges after bringing a gun to West Kearns Elementary School in Kearns, UT yesterday, and allegedly threatening a classmate with it. According to Mediaite‘s Angali Sareen (who also writes for Addicting Info), the sixth grader told his classmates that his parents had advised him to bring the gun for protection after last week’s Sandy Hook shootings in Newtown, CT. According to multiple accounts, including Andrew Wittenberg’s write-up for Salt Lake City UT’s KSL.com, the boy had also given the same explanations to school administrators, but his classmate, Isabelle Rios had a different story to tell:





Although the incident allegedly happened during morning recess, Rios didn’t say anything until around dismissal time at 3:00 p.m., when she informed her teacher. The teacher reportedly took the gun away and took the student to the principal’s office, where staff called the police. According to Granite School District Superintendent Ben Horsley, the gun and ammunition were in the boy’s backpack, but the gun was not loaded. Horsley also praised the teacher’s swift action and clear-headedness:








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