Elementary school student found with weapon in Clayton County (Georgia)

An elementary school student appeared Friday in Clayton County Juvenile Court to answer charges of having a concealed weapon at school.

Clayton County Public Schools Police Chief Clarence Cox said the 9-year-old was found Thursday with a loaded .38 caliber derringer in his bookbag at Pointe South Elementary.

Cox said it is the first such incident of the 2015-16 school year.

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