It was the second gun found on a student at a New York City school Thursday.
A five-year-old boy found a gun in his backpack after arriving at his elementary prep school in the Bronx Thursday morning, police say.
According to investigators, the boy discovered a loaded .380 handgun at around 8:25 a.m. at Boys Prep Bronx Elementary School in the Melrose section. Police say the child apparently didn't know it was there and when he found it he told a school official who called the authorities.Police are now looking into how the gun got into his backpack.Police say a 14-year-old boy brought an unloaded .9 mm firearm to his school in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
School safety agents were told the boy was spotted on social media displaying a firearm on a rap video the day before. In response, his bag was searched when he arrived at Brooklyn Collegiate Preparatory High School today, investigators said.
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