BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- Glynn County school administrators say it was just by chance that a teacher found a pistol in a second-grader's backpack Thursday, at C.B. Greer Elementary School.
School spokesman, Jim Weidhaas, said the teacher was, "Looking for candy that she suspected may have been taken off of the desk."
The pistol that was found was a Raven .25-caliber semi-automatic. Weidhaas said the gun was not loaded, and that the second-grader was not carrying any ammunition.
"We think he brought it to school to show to his friends," he said.
That game of show and tell came with serious consequences, a one-year suspension, the mandatory minimum by Georgia state law.
Now, investigators have to figure out how the 8-year-old was able to get his hands on a gun. Who was the adult in charge? And will they be punished?
"I couldn't comment on that," Weidhaas said.
Administrators say the teacher did the right thing, by discreetly removing the boy from the classroom without causing a commotion. And the good news is that no one was hurt.
"I think with young children, they just don't understand the consequences and unfortunately these things happen sometimes," said Weidhaas.
The law mandates police be notified to file juvenile charges against the boy. The case is still under investigation.
