The Lee County School District says a loaded handgun was found inside a kindergarten student’s backpack at Trafalgar elementary Tuesday morning – prompting a quick response from staff and police.
The Cape Coral Police Department says a five-year-old student unknowingly went to school with the gun in their backpack after entering campus through the OPENGATE weapons detection system.
A district representative says the situation triggered an alert to school staff, who immediately separated the student from others and safely located the loaded handgun…