Again, 6-Year Old Takes Gun To School In US, Police Arrest Mother And This Happen

Again, 6-Year Old Takes Gun To School In US, Police Arrest Mother And This Happen

A woman in Pennsylvania and a man in North Carolina were charged earlier this week after a six-year-old in each case brought a gun to school, officials said.

This is making it at least three times a primary school student has brought a weapon to campus this year, including when a six-year-old allegedly shot his teacher in Newport News, Virginia, last month.

A mother in Norristown, US, was arrested after her 6-year-old son brought a gun to Joseph K. Gotwals Elementary School on February 9, prosecutors said.

30-year-old Jasmin Devlin, was on Tuesday arraigned on charges of felony endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment for failing to secure a firearm in her home, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. It is unclear if Devlin currently has an attorney.

Police were alerted to the gun on campus after a group of students on a school bus with the 6-year-old that morning told the school’s secretary he showed them the weapon and bullets.

“The school’s secretary immediately brought the boy into the office, looked in his backpack, and saw the firearm. She then called Norristown Police,” the release said.

Police believe the boy found the weapon – a 9 mm Jimenez Arms semi-automatic handgun in a dresser in his mother’s room the night before bringing it to school, prosecutors said.

His 10-year-old brother took the bullets out of the gun and was pointing it at his brother, pretending to shoot him, the news release said.

The 6-year-old told detectives he returned to his mother’s room in the middle of the night, put the firearm in his backpack, and took it to school, according to the release.

“I would like to commend the children who notified school officials immediately, thus preventing another tragedy at a school,” Norristown Acting Police Chief Michael Bishop said in the news release.

“These children are the true heroes in this unfortunate incident. Their notification to school officials resulted in an immediate response by Norristown Police, ensuring the safety of everyone at the school.”

Devlin obtained the gun through a straw purchase conducted by a Norristown man on March 4, 2022, the statement from the district attorney’s office said. Straw purchases occur when someone buys a gun for another person who is legally ineligible to buy one.

Devlin’s bond was set at $50,000, and she’s been ordered not to have contact with children as part of her bond conditions. A preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled to be held on February 24.

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