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Florida Dad Sent 6-Year-Old to School With Gun in Backpack, Police Say

Reginald McCoy, 39, said he forgot to take the gun out of the backpack before sending his kid off to school, according to police.

A backpack sits in the chair of an elementary classroom.

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By Alec Karam

A Florida father has been arrested after his 6-year-old showed up to their kindergarten classroom with a gun in their backpack—one the dad left in there, police said. Reginald McCoy, 39, forgot the gun was in his child’s backpack, according to police, and has been charged with child neglect and culpable negligence. No one was injured and the child immediately alerted an adult once they found the gun in their backpack, according to a representative for the school, who noted that the gun was unloaded. It’s unknown why McCoy put the gun in the backpack.

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