Queens fifth-grader brought gun to school after fight
A Queens fifth-grader came to school toting a loaded .38 caliber pistol in his backpack after a scuffle with a fellow student, authorities said Wednesday.
The 11-year-old boy swiped the weapon from beneath his grandfather’s bed and brought the handgun inside P.S. 40 on Tuesday morning, officials said.
“Oh my god I can't believe this," said a visibly shaken Stacey John, 32, whose fifth-grade son attends the school. “They (school) didn't inform no one. How could this happen? I need to get my son ... I'm so upset right now.”
Queens fifth-grader brought gun to school after fight
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The student brought the handgun inside P.S. 40 on Tuesday morning, officials said.
A Queens fifth-grader came to school toting a loaded .38 caliber pistol in his backpack after a scuffle with a fellow student, authorities said Wednesday.
The 11-year-old boy swiped the weapon from beneath his grandfather’s bed and brought the handgun inside P.S. 40 on Tuesday morning, officials said.
“Oh my god I can't believe this," said a visibly shaken Stacey John, 32, whose fifth-grade son attends the school. “They (school) didn't inform no one. How could this happen? I need to get my son ... I'm so upset right now.”
The NYPD was summoned to the school at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday after school safety officers — notified by other kids at P.S. 40 — found the student’s backpack with the gun stuffed inside, cops said.
The pre-teen reportedly hid the backpack behind some coats in a school closet.
There was a single bullet inside the magazine of the semi-automatic weapon that belonged to Kenneth Miley, 54, of Queens.
The gun-owning grandpa was arrested for criminal possession of a weapon, endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment, police said.
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The 11-year-old boy swiped the weapon from beneath his grandfather’s bed.
No charges were filed against the 11-year-old, police said. Miley, who kept the weapon in a spot easily accessible to his grandson, was awaiting arraignment Wednesday afternoon — and faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
“It scary, my heart’s beating just hearing about it," said kindergarten mom Latisha Major, 33. "A fifth grader? Wow. It's shocking. He just brought it to class? It was just somewhere out in the open where he could get it?"
Derek Jacobs, head of the union representing school safety officers, said the incident delivered a message to Mayor de Blasio about the continued need for metal detectors in city schools.
“Remove scanners in schools, expect more guns, more knives, more violence,” said the director of Local 237 of the Teamsters Law Enforcement Division.
“The mayor’s plans mean our members and New York City school children will find themselves in the sights of street-bought automatic weapons,” added Jacobs.
The mayor is investigating removal of the scanners at roughly 300 city schools in 88 public school buildings. While there are no scanners at elementary schools, guards there are given the option of scanning kids if anything appears suspicious.
A Queens fifth-grader came to school toting a loaded .38 caliber pistol in his backpack after a scuffle with a fellow student, authorities said Wednesday.
The 11-year-old boy swiped the weapon from beneath his grandfather’s bed and brought the handgun inside P.S. 40 on Tuesday morning, officials said.
“Oh my god I can't believe this," said a visibly shaken Stacey John, 32, whose fifth-grade son attends the school. “They (school) didn't inform no one. How could this happen? I need to get my son ... I'm so upset right now.”
Queens fifth-grader brought gun to school after fight
Anthony DelMundo/for New York Daily News
The student brought the handgun inside P.S. 40 on Tuesday morning, officials said.
A Queens fifth-grader came to school toting a loaded .38 caliber pistol in his backpack after a scuffle with a fellow student, authorities said Wednesday.
The 11-year-old boy swiped the weapon from beneath his grandfather’s bed and brought the handgun inside P.S. 40 on Tuesday morning, officials said.
“Oh my god I can't believe this," said a visibly shaken Stacey John, 32, whose fifth-grade son attends the school. “They (school) didn't inform no one. How could this happen? I need to get my son ... I'm so upset right now.”
The NYPD was summoned to the school at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday after school safety officers — notified by other kids at P.S. 40 — found the student’s backpack with the gun stuffed inside, cops said.
The pre-teen reportedly hid the backpack behind some coats in a school closet.
There was a single bullet inside the magazine of the semi-automatic weapon that belonged to Kenneth Miley, 54, of Queens.
The gun-owning grandpa was arrested for criminal possession of a weapon, endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment, police said.
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The 11-year-old boy swiped the weapon from beneath his grandfather’s bed.
No charges were filed against the 11-year-old, police said. Miley, who kept the weapon in a spot easily accessible to his grandson, was awaiting arraignment Wednesday afternoon — and faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
“It scary, my heart’s beating just hearing about it," said kindergarten mom Latisha Major, 33. "A fifth grader? Wow. It's shocking. He just brought it to class? It was just somewhere out in the open where he could get it?"
Derek Jacobs, head of the union representing school safety officers, said the incident delivered a message to Mayor de Blasio about the continued need for metal detectors in city schools.
“Remove scanners in schools, expect more guns, more knives, more violence,” said the director of Local 237 of the Teamsters Law Enforcement Division.
“The mayor’s plans mean our members and New York City school children will find themselves in the sights of street-bought automatic weapons,” added Jacobs.
The mayor is investigating removal of the scanners at roughly 300 city schools in 88 public school buildings. While there are no scanners at elementary schools, guards there are given the option of scanning kids if anything appears suspicious.
