Yesterday afternoon, the Irvine Police Department received reports of an Loma Ridge Elementary School student placing an object that resembled a firearm into his backpack as he was walking in a public area.
The Irvine Police Department’s Youth Services Unit quickly partnered with the Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) and located the student.
The officers determined the object was a 3-D-printed toy. The object was solid, did not have a movable trigger or hammer, and could not fire anything…