Loaded gun, knife found in 5-year-old’s bookbag at Indian Land SC school: Sheriff

A loaded gun and a knife were found in a South Carolina kindergarten student’s bookbag at an elementary school in Indian Land Wednesday, officials said.

A teacher at Harrisburg Elementary School helping the 5-year-old male student pack his bag for dismissal first found the knife, then a school resource officer summoned to investigate found the loaded .380-caliber pistol, Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile said in a statement.

The school is located in northern Lancaster County, east of Fort Mill and south of Charlotte’s Ballantyne area…

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