John A. Johnson Achievment Plus Elementary School

8-Year-Old Girl Unknowingly Brings Handgun to School

Police secured the gun, which belonged to the girl's mother.

St. Paul, M.N.–Police in St. Paul are investigating how a loaded handgun ended up in the backpack of an elementary school student. Sgt. Mike Ernster says the 8-year-old girl put her backpack on the floor at John A. Johnson Achievement Plus Elementary School Monday and heard a thud. Ernster says she opened the backpack and found the gun, then told…