COCHISE, AZ — Authorities are investigating after a second-grade student was found with two guns at a southeastern Arizona school.
On Monday, the Cochise County Sheriff's Office was called to Cochise Elementary School for reports that a 7-year-old student had a weapon.
When deputies arrived they met with school officials and the student.
Inside the boy's backpack were a gun and ammunition, according to CCSO. Additionally, a second handgun was discovered.
Authorities contacted the student's parents and a referral was completed for charges of misconduct with a weapon and minor in possession of a firearm.
No other details have been provided.
This incident comes a week after a 4th grader took a gun to Legacy Traditional School's Queen Creek campus.
