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HAD A MUCH DIFFERENT ENDING. >> EVERYTIME I THINK ABOUT IT FLIPS MY STOMACH CAUSE ANYTHING COULD HAVE HAPPENED. COURTIS: ONE PARENT EXPRESSING WHAT ALL PARENTS OF STUDENTS HERE MUST BE FEELING AFTER LEARNING A LOADED GUN WAS FOUND IN THE BOOKBAG OF AN AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD THIRD GRADER. VANESSA OTTING’S TWO CHILDREN ATTEND CHEVIOT SCHOOL, HER DAUGHTER ALSO A THIRD GRADER WAS IN THE ROOM RIGHT ACROSS THE HALL FROM WHERE THE GUN WAS FOUND. >> KNOWING SHE’S PRETTY MUCH A STONE’S THROW AWAY FROM A LOADED GUN BEING IN SCHOOL IT’S UNREAL . IT IS REALLY UNREAL. COURTIS: THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY HAD A LOADED NINE MILLIMETERS SEMI AUTOMATIC GUN IN HIS BOOKBAG. THE SINGLE QUESTION EVERYONE ONCE ANSWERED IS -- >> WHERE IN GOD’S NAME DID THEY GET A GUN TO TAKE TO SCHOOL ? WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? COURTI WE ASK THAT QUESTION TO THE POLICE CHIEF. HE SAID THE RESPONSE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT THIS INCIDENT, AND PART OF THE DISTRICT SAYS THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND STAFF ALWAYS A TOP PRIORITY. >> WE ARE PRETTY MUCH LEFT IN THE BLUE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WE DON’T ANYTHING THAT’S GOING ON . WE DON’T KNOW HIS INTENT WERE OR WHY. HE BROUGHT IT TO SCHOOL. HE WAS SHOWING IT TO A BUNCH A KIDS ON THE SCHOOL BUS THAT’S HOW THEY WERE INFORMED HE HAD A GUN WITH HIM. COURTIS: THE SITUATION WAS GOTTEN UNDER CONTROL FAIRLY QUICKLY. WE DO NOT KNOW IF ANY THREAT WAS MADE. THIS KID GOT A LOADED GUN INTO HIS CLASSROOM. EVERYONE WE TALKED TO

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