Loaded handgun confiscated from second-grader's backpack at Highland Park Elementary in St. Paul

Authorities confiscated a loaded handgun from a 7-year-old boy’s backpack on Wednesday morning, shortly after the St. Paul second-grader brought the firearm to school.

Police sent a school resource officer to Highland Park Elementary around 10:20 a.m. once someone at the school learned of the gun and called 911. The officer quickly removed the handgun, which was equipped with a trigger lockbox.

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