Crime & Safety
8-Year-Old Brings Gun To Brooklyn School, Police Say
Police said when officers searched the boy's backpack, they found a gun. It's not clear what kind of gun it is, or whether it was loaded.
March 8, 2024
NEW YORK - The NYPD is investigating after an 8-year-old boy allegedly brought a gun to school.
Police were called to PS 158 in East New York Thursday after a parent came to school to report the boy had menaced her child with a gun Wednesday.
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Police said when officers searched the boy's backpack, they found a gun. It's not clear what kind of gun it is, or whether it was loaded. Parents said the news is concerning.
"It's just that the parents are not searching the kids before they go to school. You gotta search these kids' bags. There's a lot of stuff going on, a lot of things on social media. So you know, I just feel that that's terrible," one parent said.
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