9-Year-Old Brings Gun to School in Queen Creek

QUEEN CREEK , AZ — Tense moments were captured on Queen Creek police body camera video after a 9-year-old boy took a gun to Legacy Elementary School in September last year.

Through new information, we learned the 4th grader took a bullet to school the day prior to taking the gun in his backpack. But, according to the videos, that was delayed in reporting. In an interview with detectives, the boy's mother admitted she left the box unlicked with the gun inside, to get the paperwork out of the lockbox before an appointment.In body camera footage, Detective Driskill asks the boy's mother what gun they have at home.

The mother replies, “I don't even know. I think it's a 9mm handgun. It's kept in our room. It doesn't come out. The boys don't even see it. They only know that we have it because we went shooting.”The boy's mother admits the gun is stored in the top drawer of their dresser, which is sometimes locked.Mom: We keep the clip out of it. The ammunition is in the closet. The clip is outside of the gun, in the drawer with it but I think it's loaded.

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