A third grader had a handgun discharge in their backpack this morning, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office.

A pair of Virginia parents were arrested after their third-grade son grabbed an unsecured handgun inside the home, put it in his backpack and went to school, where it inadvertently went off during ...

Investigators said the child found the gun at home and put it into his school backpack. While at school ... about 50 miles north of Richmond.