Massachusetts
2 charged after second grader reportedly brought gun to Massachusetts school
Two people are facing firearms charges after a second grade student reportedly brought a gun to a school in Swansea, Massachusetts, the town’s police department said. Video above: 11,500 shootings occurred within 500 yards of U.S. schools last year. See the data in the video above.According to Swansea police, officers received a report that a second grade student may have brought a handgun to Mark G. Hoyle Elementary School and showed it to at least two other students. A search warrant issued for a home on Market Street turned up five firearms, none of which were registered or properly stored, police said.No one in the home possessed a Firearms Identification Card. Christopher Spangler, 61, and Heather Spangler, 43, are facing several charges, including reckless endangerment of a child and improper storage of a firearm near a minor. They will be arraigned on April 22 in Fall River District Court. According to Swansea police, since officers are mandated reporters, they also filed a report with the Department of Children and Families about the incident.”This situation had the potential to end in a tragedy,” said Swansea Police Chief Mark Foley. “Because of the work of our Swansea police investigators, no one was hurt, and several firearms that were possessed illegally and stored unsafely are now off the street.”An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Two people are facing firearms charges after a second grade student reportedly brought a gun to a school in Swansea, Massachusetts, the town’s police department said.
Video above: 11,500 shootings occurred within 500 yards of U.S. schools last year. See the data in the video above.
According to Swansea police, officers received a report that a second grade student may have brought a handgun to Mark G. Hoyle Elementary School and showed it to at least two other students.
A search warrant issued for a home on Market Street turned up five firearms, none of which were registered or properly stored, police said.
No one in the home possessed a Firearms Identification Card.
Christopher Spangler, 61, and Heather Spangler, 43, are facing several charges, including reckless endangerment of a child and improper storage of a firearm near a minor.
They will be arraigned on April 22 in Fall River District Court.
According to Swansea police, since officers are mandated reporters, they also filed a report with the Department of Children and Families about the incident.
“This situation had the potential to end in a tragedy,” said Swansea Police Chief Mark Foley. “Because of the work of our Swansea police investigators, no one was hurt, and several firearms that were possessed illegally and stored unsafely are now off the street.”
An investigation into the incident is ongoing.