8-year-old Mohave County boy allegedly brings loaded gun to school, threatens teacher

PHOENIX — An 8-year-old Mohave County boy allegedly brought a loaded gun to school and threatened a teacher on Monday.

The boy reportedly showed the gun off to other students, threatened one of the teachers and handed it off to another boy, according to ABC15.

Another student noticed the gun and immediately reported it to the school’s principal.

The gun was secured by school authorities, who also removed the boy from the classroom, before the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office responded and arrived just before noon.

The boy was taken to the Mohave County Juvenile Detention Center and is facing multiple felony charges, including misconduct involving weapons, disorderly conduct, minor in possession of a firearm, interfering with an educational institution and threatening/intimidating, according to ABC15.

The boy who the gun was passed to could also face charges depending on the outcome of the investigation.

All students are safe, and there was no active threat on campus at any time, according to the Mohave Valley Elementary School District.

No other information was made available.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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