Virginia parents arrested after gun went off inside 3rd grader's backpack at school

A pair of Virginia parents were arrested after their third-grade son grabbed an unsecured handgun inside the home put it in his backpack and went to school where it inadvertently went off during class according to leaders Ciara Armstead and Terrence Carroll Jr were charged with recklessly leaving a loaded unsecured firearm so as to endanger the life or limb of a child under the age of a misdemeanor and willfully or negligently causing or permitting the life of a child to be endangered a felony The child had identified an unsecured handgun in his home and put the gun into his backpack before going to school at Lee Hill Elementary School in Spotsylvania County on Monday the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office noted in a press release MOM OF VIRGINIA BOY WHO SHOT COACH SENTENCED FOR CHILD NEGLECTShortly before a m on Monday the child reached into his backpack during class to grab something and inadvertently pulled the trigger on the gun the sheriff's office explained After the gun went off the educator right away evacuated all students from the classroom and notified the School Reserve Officer of the development There were no physical injuries to any children or staff according to the sheriff's office The sheriff's office declared its review detected that the child did not intend to harm anyone APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL APPRENTICE ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY BRINGING GUN TO CAMPUS MONTHS AFTER MASS SHOOTINGCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPArmstead and Carroll Jr were circulated on a unsecured bond Both have an arraignment scheduled for Friday in Spotsylvania County Juvenile Domestic Court The child is not facing charges in connection with the episode