Gun goes off in 3rd grade student’s backpack at Spotsylvania County school, deputies say

Virginia parents charged after gun inside third-grader’s backpack went off inside classroom full of kids

Ciara Armstead, 36, and Terrence Carroll Jr., 34, after their son allegedly found a handgun in their Virginia home and brought it to Lee Hill Elementary School in Spotsylvania where it went off.

Gun goes off in 3rd grade student’s backpack at Spotsylvania County school, deputies say

Gun in third-grader's backpack goes off in Spotsylvania County classroom

A gun inside a third-grader’s backpack went off in a classroom in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, on Monday morning, authorities say. No students or staff were hurt after the gunfire at Lee Hill Elementary School, the county sheriff’s office said. The handgun fired at about 10:50 a.m., the office said in a statement. “Once the gun discharged, the teacher evacuated all...