Authorities: Fifth-graders brought gun, drugs to school
Two students have been suspended after authorities said they found a loaded handgun and a bag of marijuana at Dawson Elementary School.
Posted — UpdatedA parent called Dawson Elementary Principal Sharon Arrington Thursday morning and said her child had seen a student with a gun at school the previous day. Arrington called the student and his teacher into her office, and he admitted to having a loaded gun in his backpack, authorities said.
The school resource officer seized the gun, and no one was injured in the incident.
An investigation led school officials to a second student with a bag of marijuana. That student also was suspended, officials said.
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