12-year-old arrested after allegedly bringing unloaded handgun to LaPlace Elementary School
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LAPLACE — A 12-year-old was arrested Tuesday after the sixth-grader brought an unloaded handgun to LaPlace Elementary School.
St. John the Baptist Parish deputies said they arrested the student after a teacher found the boy with the gun inside his pants' waistband.
The student gave the teacher the gun when questioned about it, deputies added.
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"We appreciate the St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office for promptly addressing... the recent school incident," St. John the Baptist Parish School Board Superintendent Dr. Cleo Perry Jr. said in a statement Wednesday.