Sixth Grader Arrested For Bringing Weapons to School
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Updated: September 16, 2010
"The gun itself was not loaded. There was no
ammunition found," said ECISD spokesman Mike Adkins.
But, before the gun was found, the district said the six
grade boy had the weapons stashed in his backpack at school.
"He did show it to some other kids early in the
morning," said Adkins.
ECISD said the sixth grader then asked another student to
hold the gun for him. The gun ended up in the other kid’s backpack. The other
student went up to a teacher and told her what was going on.
"The teacher was able to confiscate the gun and the original
kid's backpack with the knife in it," explained Adkins.
The sixth-grade student was arrested and taken to the
