Overview
- Staff removed the boy from a Fort Mohave Elementary classroom and secured the loaded handgun after an uninvolved student alerted the principal.
- The child allegedly pointed the weapon at a teacher before handing it to another student, according to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office.
- The boy was booked into the Mohave County Juvenile Detention Center on multiple felony counts, including misconduct involving weapons and threatening or intimidating.
- Mohave Valley Elementary School District said it followed required safety procedures and thanked the reporting student for speaking up.
- The case is intensifying an Arizona policy fight, with State Superintendent Tom Horne urging felony penalties for school threats and Rep. Rachel Keshel promoting a bill to reduce certain disruption offenses for minors.