School staff at Longcoy Elementary in Kent, Ohio, scrambled into lockdown mode Thursday afternoon after a second-grade student was found with a loaded 9mm handgun in their backpack. The incident, which took place around 12:30 p.m. on April 2, resulted in the arrest of the child’s mother, 34-year-old Gloria Luster.
The alarm was raised when another student spotted the weapon tucked into the 8-year-old’s waistband during recess and immediately alerted a teacher. Faculty members acted quickly to locate the child and secure the firearm before any shots were fired or injuries occurred.
According to the Kent Police Department, investigators found that the child had easy access to the weapon at home…