Third grader brings loaded gun to school
Courtis Fuller
HAD A MUCH DIFFERENT ENDING. >> EVERYTIME I THINK ABOUT IT FLIPS MY STOMACH CAUSE ANYTHING COULD HAVE HAPPENED. COURTIS: ONE PARENT EXPRESSING WHAT ALL PARENTS OF STUDENTS HERE MUST BE FEELING AFTER LEARNING A LOADED GUN WAS FOUND IN THE BOOKBAG OF AN AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD THIRD GRADER. VANESSA OTTING'S TWO CHILDREN ATTEND CHEVIOT SCHOOL, HER DAUGHTER ALSO A THIRD GRADER WAS IN THE ROOM RIGHT ACROSS THE HALL FROM WHERE THE GUN WAS FOUND. >> KNOWING SHE'S PRETTY MUCH A STONE'S THROW AWAY FROM A LOADED GUN BEING IN SCHOOL IT'S UNREAL . IT IS REALLY UNREAL. COURTIS: THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY HAD A LOADED NINE MILLIMETERS SEMI AUTOMATIC GUN IN HIS BOOKBAG. THE SINGLE QUESTION EVERYONE ONCE ANSWERED IS -- >> WHERE IN GOD'S NAME DID THEY GET A GUN TO TAKE TO SCHOOL ? WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? COURTI WE ASK THAT QUESTION TO THE POLICE CHIEF. HE SAID THE RESPONSE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT THIS INCIDENT, AND PART OF THE DISTRICT SAYS THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND STAFF ALWAYS A TOP PRIORITY. >> WE ARE PRETTY MUCH LEFT IN THE BLUE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WE DON'T ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON . WE DON'T KNOW HIS INTENT WERE OR WHY. HE BROUGHT IT TO SCHOOL. HE WAS SHOWING IT TO A BUNCH A KIDS ON THE SCHOOL BUS THAT'S HOW THEY WERE INFORMED HE HAD A GUN WITH HIM. COURTIS: THE SITUATION WAS GOTTEN UNDER CONTROL FAIRLY QUICKLY. WE DO NOT KNOW IF ANY THREAT WAS MADE. THIS KID GOT A LOADED GUN INTO HIS CLASSROOM. EVERYONE WE TALKED TO
An 8-year-old boy is charged with carrying a concealed weapon and receiving stolen property. Police said the third grader brought a loaded gun in his bookbag into a classroom at Cheviot Elementary school.Police said in a written statement that a student in class told a teacher a bookbag hanging on the wall contained a gun. The teacher immediately called security. The bag was removed from the classroom and secured in the school office. The backpack contained a loaded semi-auto 9mm pistol. School officials said no students were injured or threatened. Vanessa Otting said it's a scary situation because anything could have happened. She said she heard the child showed the gun on the school bus. Otting is the parent of two children who attend the school. Her daughter is also a third grader and was in a classroom across the hall where the gun was discovered."Knowing she's pretty much a stone's throw away from a loaded gun being in school, it's just unreal. It's really unreal," Otting said.
CHEVIOT, Ohio —
An 8-year-old boy is charged with carrying a concealed weapon and receiving stolen property. Police said the third grader brought a loaded gun in his bookbag into a classroom at Cheviot Elementary school.
Police said in a written statement that a student in class told a teacher a bookbag hanging on the wall contained a gun. The teacher immediately called security. The bag was removed from the classroom and secured in the school office. The backpack contained a loaded semi-auto 9mm pistol.
School officials said no students were injured or threatened.
Vanessa Otting said it's a scary situation because anything could have happened. She said she heard the child showed the gun on the school bus. Otting is the parent of two children who attend the school. Her daughter is also a third grader and was in a classroom across the hall where the gun was discovered.
"Knowing she's pretty much a stone's throw away from a loaded gun being in school, it's just unreal. It's really unreal," Otting said.