Police: Unloaded Gun Found In SC 8th Grader’s Bag

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - School authorities say they found an unloaded gun in an eighth-grade girl’s book bag after a South Carolina bus driver overheard the girl talking about the weapon.

Multiple media outlets report the bus driver called ahead Thursday morning to Hughes Middle School in Greenville and an assistant principal and police officer searched the girl’s bag, finding the handgun and bullets.

District spokesman Oby Lyles says the girl was suspended, along with two other students who gave her the gun at school earlier this week.

Lyles says a message has been sent home to parents.