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Phila. police: Gun in school bag an innocent mistake

A student brought a loaded handgun to an elementary school in the city's Tioga section Wednesday morning, but a police investigation determined it was an innocent mistake involving his father.

A student brought a loaded handgun to an elementary school in the city's Tioga section Wednesday morning, but a police investigation determined it was an innocent mistake involving his father.

The 28-year-old father had the gun, which he is licensed to carry, when he was taking out the trash and didn't want people to see it, so he put it in his son's school bag, police said. The father forgot about the gun and went to work.

About 8 a.m. at the K-through-8 Grover Cleveland Mastery Charter School, the boy found the gun in his school bag and told a teacher. School officials took the gun and called police and the boy's parents. After conducting an investigation, police said no charges would be filed against the father.

- Robert Moran