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Boy suspended after bringing shell casing to school

The casing was from a visit with the boy’s grandpa, who is a police officer

By Police1 Staff

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — A 4-year-old boy has been suspended after he brought an empty shell casing to school.

Kristy Jackson said she was confronted by a teacher when she picked up her son, Hunter, from school Tuesday. The teacher claimed Hunter had brought a shotgun bullet to the school, Fox 59 reported. Hunter told his mom he brought an empty shell casing - not a bullet - to school to show his friends.

Hunter picked up the empty .22 caliber casing after a recent target practice with his grandpa, who is a Caseyville police officer. Jackson said Hunter’s grandpa has made it a goal to teach Hunter about responsible gun use, the news station reported.

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Hunter’s parents received a letter saying Hunter was suspended for seven days. It also stated Hunter has used other toys as “make-believe guns,” which is a violation of school policy.

“[Hunter] just was wandering around in a field and picked up and put it in his pocket and didn’t tell his parents,” Jackson said. “It’s something that’s become quite an epidemic where guns are automatically assumed that they’re bad…and I’m not sure how a 7-day suspension teaches my son anything about tolerance or anything about why he was wrong.”

The vice principal told the news station that Hunter was suspended for more than the shell casing, but couldn’t go into details due to confidentiality concerns.

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