Police and school officials in Boston are trying to figure out how a 7-year-old child managed to bring a loaded gun to a city school.
Police responded to UP Academy Holland in the city's Dorchester neighborhood at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday for a report of a student with a firearm, police said in a statement on the department's website. Responding officers confiscated the weapon.
No injuries were reported.
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"I’m speechless. I don’t have the words. This is truly devastating," Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper said in a statement. "We have to ask ourselves how a very young student becomes in possession of and gains access to a firearm."
Mayor Michelle Wu pledged to hold the person who allowed the child access to the gun accountable.
"No child should be near a weapon, much less directly endangered at such a young age," she said.
No additional information was released.
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"The Boston Police Department is focused on the proliferation of guns in our city and keeping access to them away from the youngest among us needs to be a priority for everyone," Police Commissioner Michael Cox said.
The school has about 770 students from kindergarten through fifth grade, according to its website.
Police are still investigating.
