Mother arrested after 2nd grader brings handgun to school

A 34-year-old woman has been charged with a misdemeanor after her 8-year-old son, a second-grader at Longcoy Elementary School in Kent, brought a loaded 9mm handgun to school.

According to Kent Police Lt. Mike Lewis, staff members at the school called the department around 12:30 p.m. Thursday after a student told a teacher they saw a gun tucked in the 8-year-old’s waistband while at recess. Staff members “took immediate action and located the handgun inside of a bookbag.”

Lewis said police learned that the child had easy access to the gun at home and intentionally brought it with him, but the reason for doing so is unknown…

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