4-year-old finds gun in teacher aide’s backpack at SMCISD school campus

The San Marcos Police Department stated that it is continuing to investigate an incident on Oct. 12 where a 4-year-old student at San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District’s Bonham PreKindergarten found a loaded firearm in the personal backpack of an instructional assistant in the classroom.

In a SMPD press release, police stated that they were made aware of the gun on campus on the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 12. Police said they were called to the campus after they were notified that a firearm had been located at the Bonham PreKindergarten school.

Police said the firearm was brought onto campus by an instructional assistant and was kept unsecured inside the staff member’s backpack.