A 10-year-old Columbus student was suspended for using finger as gun. Get the story.

A central Ohio principal suspended 10-year-old Nathan Entingh last week for three days for pretending his finger was a gun and pointing it at another student's head.



The incident occurred at Devonshire Alternative Elementary School in Columbus.



District spokesman Jeff Warner tells The Columbus Dispatch that Devonshire principal Patricia Price has warned students about pretend gun play numerous times this year, and everyone should know the rules by now.

10TV caught up with the 10-year-old on his return to his 5th grade class after serving a three day suspension.

Entingh says he's sorry. He tells 10TV he was "playing around" and he now knows his joke wasn't funny.

"I feel sorry for even thinking about doing that now."

A teacher says she caught him pointing his finger like a gun at another student's head. She immediately pulled Entingh from class last Wednesday.

“I understand the sensitivity at schools these days with guns and stuff, but this wasn't a toy gun, it wasn't a look-like gun, it was his hand,” says Nathan’s father, Paul Entingh.

In paperwork obtained by 10TV, the school administrator explained it violated school rules.

Nathan's father says he agrees his son needed punished, but forcing his son to fall 3 days behind in school is too much.

“I could understand a day in-school suspension, but three days out of school suspension is a reach. I'm sure there's stuff in class that he's missing that he won't be able to get back."