Grandfather of student charged after gun went off inside Md. elementary school last month

The grandfather of an elementary school pupil who brought a gun to school that accidentally went off inside a classroom in Charles County Maryland has been charged in the affair according to personnel Investigators with the Charles County Sheriff s Office disclosed the gun that went off April inside Billingsley Elementary School in Waldorf belonged to -year-old Phillip Bright of Crestview Florida No one was injured when the -year-old accidentally discharged the gun Bright narrated investigators he noticed on April days before the occurrence that his gun was missing from his car s console He revealed to Prince George s County police that his firearm was missing after leaving a car wash in Hillcrest Heights Executives reported after the gun went off inside the school Bright thought back and communicated investigators he thinks his grandchild may have gotten the firearm when he took the child to school at specific point before April The child got into the car before Bright he stated and Bright believes the pupil opened the console looking for candy and took the gun But according to bureaucrats no one knew where the gun was until April when it went off inside the Billingsley Elementary classroom Bright faces charges of wearing carrying or transporting a loaded handgun in a automobile storing a loaded firearm in a location accessible to a minor and contributing to the conditions of a child s delinquency WTOP s Ian Crawford contributed to this summary Source