A Lowell father is facing charges after a third-grader brought a gun to school last week, according to police.Watch the reportThe child showed the pistol to classmates Oct. 25 at Greenhalge Elementary School, police said."As a parent, I don't see how a gun could be that accessible to a child that age," said Diane Tetrev, a parent. Police officers met with school personnel, the child and his parents and learned that the gun was a .25-caliber airsoft pistol, police said. The gun is owned by another relative who had been displaced by a fire. It is still not clear if the gun was loaded while it was at the school. The child's father will be charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and improper storage of a firearm."Honestly, I didn't think this was stuff you had to worry about until (at a minimum) high school... The fact that this is grade school... it's terrifying," Tetrev said. "We recognize the serious nature of this incident and continue to work collectively with members of our community to insure that we focus on preventing any future incidents of this kind," said Deputy Superintendent Jeannine Durkin.Get the WCVB News App

A Lowell father is facing charges after a third-grader brought a gun to school last week, according to police.

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The child showed the pistol to classmates Oct. 25 at Greenhalge Elementary School, police said.

"As a parent, I don't see how a gun could be that accessible to a child that age," said Diane Tetrev, a parent.

Police officers met with school personnel, the child and his parents and learned that the gun was a .25-caliber airsoft pistol, police said. The gun is owned by another relative who had been displaced by a fire.

It is still not clear if the gun was loaded while it was at the school.

The child's father will be charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and improper storage of a firearm.

"Honestly, I didn't think this was stuff you had to worry about until (at a minimum) high school... The fact that this is grade school... it's terrifying," Tetrev said.

"We recognize the serious nature of this incident and continue to work collectively with members of our community to insure that we focus on preventing any future incidents of this kind," said Deputy Superintendent Jeannine Durkin.

