Following the shooting, the family of the first-grader expressed sympathy for the educator and said their son suffers from an “acute” disability. An attorney for the family, James Ellenson, said the gun had been kept on a top shelf in the mother’s bedroom closet and he was unsure how the boy managed to remove a trigger lock that prevents the gun from firing. Ellenson has said the child was under psychiatric care at a facility.
Michelle Price, a school system spokeswoman, said Tuesday that security officers employed by the district would support students and staff at the school, along with a state-of-the-art metal detector system.
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