Texas Elementary School Evacuated After 4th Grader Brings Grenade to Building
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An elementary school was evacuated for more than an hour Tuesday morning after a fourth-grader showed up with a hand grenade, authorities said.
The grenade still had the pin in it, but it was later determined to be inactive, school district spokeswoman Julie Thannum said. A bomb squad had been called in to remove it from a classroom.
"The boy wasn't mad at anyone," Cpl. Mike Bedrich of the Southlake Department of Public Safety told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "He just thought it would be cool to bring it to school."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Old Union Elementary school's staff and 530 students were moved away from the building while authorities in the Fort Worth suburb investigated, then were allowed to return a little over an hour later.
Thannum declined to say if any action would be taken against the student.