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3-year-old found with loaded gun at Richmond preschool
I'm angry to hear this.
From WWBT TV
By 12 On Your Side Digital Team and Shantel Davis
Published: May. 6, 2024 at 6:17 PM EDT|Updated: May. 7, 2024 at 6:14 AM EDT
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - A family member has been charged after a 3-year-old brought a loaded gun to Maymont Preschool on Monday.
Just after 2 p.m. on May 6, officers were called to the preschool in the 1200 block of South Allen Avenue for the report of a firearm at the school.
Officers arrived, and a staff member reported and recovered a loaded gun that was found in a male student’s backpack. Officers took the weapon.
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RPD says they charged a family member, 34-year-old Valentino Christian of Chesterfield, with allowing access to firearms by children.
https://www.12onyourside.com/2024/05/06/3-year-old-found-with-loaded-gun-richmond-preschool/
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…without supervision - 
The parents are idiots and shouldn’t even be parents.
More responsible gun owners keeping America safe?
What a wonderful show and tell item to share with his entire class. He would have surely been the most popular kid in his class.
