Overview

• Police said classmates directed officers to the boy during the Monday morning route to College Park Elementary in Marion County.
• A loaded .38-caliber revolver was found on the bus floor near his seat after officers detained him following initial resistance.
• Investigators say the firearm was taken without permission from a relative’s secured bedroom the day before.
• The child faces multiple counts, including possession of a firearm on school property, carrying a concealed firearm, armed burglary, and grand theft of a firearm.
• The boy admitted showing the gun to other students and was taken to the Department of Juvenile Justice, with no further identifying details being released as the inquiry continues.