Oklahoma third-grader brings gun to school in backpack

OKEMAH, Okla. (KFOR) -- A third-grader at Oakes Elementary School in Okemah brought a gun to school.

Okemah School District officials confirmed in a news release that the third-grader brought the gun to school on Tuesday and that school personnel confiscated the gun.

The School District received a report that a gun was in the student's backpack.

“The backpack was immediately searched and a gun was located,” according to the news release. “Law enforcement was immediately contacted and took possession of the gun and the student.”

School officials said “appropriate action” is being taken against the student.

“Parents, please remember to check your student's backpacks regularly and please discuss with your students the importance of reporting anything that seems suspicious,” officials said in the news release.