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A LaPlace Elementary School student is in parental custody following his arrest for bringing a loaded gun to school on Tuesday.
The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office says the sixth-grader had the handgun in his waistband and handed it over to a teacher who asked him about it.
The student is charged with illegal possession of a gun on school property and illegal possession of a gun by a juvenile.
Deputies recovered the gun, arrested the student, and released him to his parents.
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