Lehigh Acres Child Brings Loaded Gun Onto School Bus
Lehigh Acres, Fl- A 6-year-old child boarded his bus sporting his new backpack. But unfortunately, this child didn’t realize until too late what was in his backpack.
There was a .40 caliber pistol with a bullet in the chamber in his bag.
The gun belonged to his father, Jeffrey Crocker, 41.
The child mistakenly put a smaller bag containing the gun in his backpack.
A student on the bus reported the gun to the bus driver and the Mirror Lakes Elementary’s resource officer was able to intercept the student and take control of the weapon.
Sheriff Carmine Marceno held a press conference to stress that the student made a mistake and never intended to cause harm to anyone.
Crocker has been arrested for failure to store firearms in a secure location and felony child neglect.
