School officials: 5th grader brought gun to school

Posted: 11.18.2010 at 10:24 AM

The 10-year-old boy was searched and taken into custody between 7:45 a.m. and 8 a.m

AUGUSTA, GA. (AP) -- A fifth grader at an Augusta elementary school was arrested after school officials say he brought an unloaded handgun and ammunition to school.

The Augusta Chronicle reports that a campus security officer at Terrace Manor Elementary found the gun after the school got a tip in an anonymous phone call before the school day began.

Richmond County School System spokesman Lou Svehla says the 10-year-old boy was searched and taken into custody between 7:45 a.m. and 8 a.m.

Svehla says school officials contacted the boy's parents, and the boy was handed over to the Department of Juvenile Justice.

The Department of School Safety and Security plans to continue investigating the incident.