BOY, 11, ARRESTED WITH GUN AT SCHOOL.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer An 11-year-old boy was arrested after he brought a loaded gun to school and said he was going to hurt a girl classmate, sheriff's officials said. The fifth-grader, whose name was not released because he is a minor, was taken into custody shortly before 10 a.m. at Wilsona Elementary School elementary school: see school. after an instructional assistant searched the boy on a tip from another student and found the .25-caliber pistol, officials said. ``The word here was that he was going to hurt this girl,'' said Deputy Jeff Adams Jeff Adams (born November 15, 1970 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a four-time Canadian Paralympian and a six-time world champion in wheelchair sports. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics he won five medals, a gold in the 800 m and 1500 m, a silver in the 400 m and a bronze . ``He said he somehow felt scorned by her.'' At least two boys who were aware the day before of the boy's plans to bring a gun to school were suspended for not telling officials. When questioned by deputies, the boy told them that he had gotten the weapon from the floor of his home. When they went there to talk to his mother, deputies said they found squalid squal·id adj. 1. Dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care. See Synonyms at dirty. 2. Morally repulsive; sordid: "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue, betrayal, and counterbetrayal" conditions: animal feces strewn strew tr.v. strewed, strewn or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. about the home and piles of human vomit in rooms. The boy's 34-year-old mother was taken into custody on suspicion of child endangerment. Four other children, ranging in age from 13 months to 4 years, were taken into protective custody An arrangement whereby a person is safeguarded by law enforcement authorities in a location other than the person's home because his or her safety is seriously threatened. by the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Department of Children and Family Services. The boy is being held at Challenger Juvenile Hall on suspicion of possession of a loaded weapon on a school campus and of making terrorists threats. His mother was being held at the Lancaster sheriff's station in lieu of $50,000 bail. ``A child who would bring a gun on campus must have problems,'' said Wilsona School District Superintendent District Superintendent may be:
School officials called the girl's parents and told them about the incident. The girl was then taken home for the rest of the day. The school district sent home letters Thursday afternoon informing parents of the incident and saying the boy will not be allowed back at campus before he is brought before the Wilsona School District board for expulsion. A community meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Wilsona cafeteria has been called to discuss the incident. |
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