He was dropping his child off here and the gun fell out of his pocket. He has a permit to carry the gun and has absolutely no record. That still doesnt mean that the gun should have ever been on school grounds. Parents horrified to hear of a firearm sitting in plain view, steps away from young children. It all started around 8 00 this morning when a mother was dropping her child off and noticed a gun on the ground. She immediately notified a staff member. A janitor came out and picked up what he thought was a pellet gun. He decided to try to empty the pellets into the ground but soon realized this was not a pellet gun. The School District says th janitor should have waited for a School Resource officer to secure the gun and he should not have fired it. But also they believe this was an honest mistake. The employee did not intentionally do anything that he felt like was putting anybody in harm. He felt like he was acting in a its a small gun. It looks very similar to a bb gun. Thats why
Its 4 00 and this is the new tampa bay. But right now we want to get to the loaded gun on an Elementary School campus. Luckily it was a parent and not a child that found it. Lauren rozyla is live where it happened. Walk us through it happened and how the gun went off. Reporter yeah, guys. It started a little after 8 00 this morning. A mom was dropping her child off for the before care program right here when she noticed there was a gun on the ground. So she immediately alerted a School Employee who went and they found a janitor who came up to the gun, thought it was a pellet gun so he picked it up and tried to make the gunner safer, he tried to empty the pellets into the ground. The employee did not intentionally do anything that he felt like was putting anybody in harm. He felt like he was acting in a prudent way. To do what he did and discharged it. Reporter district leaders say that janitor should have contacted the School Resource on campus right away and should not have fired that
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