Santa Cruz County authorities are increasing police presence after a backpack containing a firearm and ammunition was discovered at Aptos High School, prompting an ongoing investigation.

A 13-year-old Viera Middle School student remains in custody after his arrest this week on gun charges related to a backpack with a rifle inside discovered in an abandoned lot Sunday near Suntree ...

A father is accused of placing a loaded gun in his child’s backpack before the student went to an elementary school in south ...

A gun inside a third-grader’s backpack went off in a classroom in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, on Monday morning, authorities say. No students or staff were hurt after the gunfire at Lee Hill ...

SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Deputies are investigating after a gun went off while it was in an elementary schooler’s backpack in Spotsylvania County on Monday morning, officials said.

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — School Police successfully removed an unloaded gun from a student's backpack in a concerning incident at a middle school in Riviera Beach on Thursday afternoon. The ...

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — A third-grade classroom was evacuated Monday at a Fredericksburg elementary school after a gun went off unexpectedly from inside a student's backpack. Officers from the ...

CONDITION BUT IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. ALSO NEW AT NOON. ANOTHER GUN FOUND AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TSA SAYS THIS LOADED HANDGUN WAS FOUND YESTERDAY IN A WASHINGTON COUNTY MAN’S BACKPACK.