A kindergarten teacher found a loaded gun Wednesday in an elementary school classroom, the district's superintendent said. Students at North College Hill Elementary School reported the small semiautomatic gun to a teacher at dismissal, and the teacher found it on a desk and turned it over to school administrators. The school immediately contacted police, Superintendent Eugene Blalock Jr. said. Two bullets were in the magazine of the semi-automatic .25-caliber gun, but none in the gun's chamber, North College Hill Police Chief Ryan E. Schrand said. He said to 5-year-old students, the gun likely looked like a toy. No threats were made and students were unharmed, the district said. "I encourage you to have conversations with your child about the importance of reporting any unsafe concerns to the nearest adult," North College Hill Elementary Principal Sherri Renneker wrote in a letter to parents. "Remind them never to pick up a weapon of any kind and to never get involved in any unsafe conflicts." No arrests have been made, but police are investigating where the gun came from.Parents said they are shocked at the news. “When we heard it was a gun being brought into school not by a high schooler, but by a kindergartner, that was pretty scary,” said Janey Butler, the parent of a first-grader. North College Hill Elementary has about 750 students enrolled in preschool through fourth grade, according to its website.

A kindergarten teacher found a loaded gun Wednesday in an elementary school classroom, the district's superintendent said.

Students at North College Hill Elementary School reported the small semiautomatic gun to a teacher at dismissal, and the teacher found it on a desk and turned it over to school administrators. The school immediately contacted police, Superintendent Eugene Blalock Jr. said.


Two bullets were in the magazine of the semi-automatic .25-caliber gun, but none in the gun's chamber, North College Hill Police Chief Ryan E. Schrand said. He said to 5-year-old students, the gun likely looked like a toy.

No threats were made and students were unharmed, the district said.

"I encourage you to have conversations with your child about the importance of reporting any unsafe concerns to the nearest adult," North College Hill Elementary Principal Sherri Renneker wrote in a letter to parents. "Remind them never to pick up a weapon of any kind and to never get involved in any unsafe conflicts."

No arrests have been made, but police are investigating where the gun came from.

Parents said they are shocked at the news.

“When we heard it was a gun being brought into school not by a high schooler, but by a kindergartner, that was pretty scary,” said Janey Butler, the parent of a first-grader.

North College Hill Elementary has about 750 students enrolled in preschool through fourth grade, according to its website.