MYAKKA CITY, Fla. (WFLA) – An 11-year-old boy was arrested Monday morning after deputies said he brought a handgun to his elementary school.
The boy, who was not identified, is a student at the school.
A Manatee County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said that school officials learned that the student at Myakka Elementary School may have been in the possession of a handgun.
School officials checked the boy’s backpack and found an unloaded handgun. They then called the sheriff’s office.
Deputies responded to the school at 8:45 a.m. and arrested the boy.
Detectives are trying to figure out how the boy got the gun and why he brought it to school.
No other details have been released.
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