Loaded .22 revolver found in six-year-old's backpack at Orange Elementary

Families of OES students not notified until after incident is over

On Monday afternoon, an instructional aide at Orange Elementary School helping children who arrived late to school found a loaded revolver in a six-year-old’s backpack. OES staff followed protocol and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office quickly provided support to the School Resource Officer at the school.

OES was put in “safe school” mode, meaning that …