Boy accused of bringing gun to school

An 11-year-old fifth-grader was arrested Wednesday on charges of bringing a .380-caliber semiautomatic pistol to school, police said.

Officers said the unloaded gun belonged to his mother. He showed it to another student on the school bus en route to Mount View Elementary School. The other student told one of his parents, who then contacted the principal.

The pistol was recovered from the student’s backpack.

He was charged in Juvenile Court with possessing a firearm on school property.