A fifth grader at Collins-Rhodes Elementary School in Mobile brought a gun to school Monday morning, according to Mobile County Public School System officials.

MCPSS Spokeswoman Rena Philips confirmed the incident and said another student alerted a school official about the gun at 8:30 a.m.

The school official found the gun in the male student's backpack and took possession of the gun, then contacted local authorities. Philips said the student never threatened anybody with the gun.

When questioned by school officials about why he decided to bring the gun to school, the student said that the gun belonged to his father and he brought it to school, "to be cool," according to Philips.

The student was placed under arrest and taken to the James T. Strickland Youth Center in Mobile. The student has been suspended from the school and will be recommended for expulsion.

This incident comes less than a week after a Semmes Middle School student was suspended for bring a BB gun to school to sell it to another student. A little more than two months ago in November of 2016 a teen was violently bullied on camera and the incident was shared on social media.

Philips said that the MCPSS urges all parents to keep guns away from their children.

"We ask parents who have guns to please keep them where their children cannot get them," said Philips.