Alabama student arrested after gun found in bag
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police in Bayou La Batre arrested an eighth-grade student who they say brought a loaded gun and knife to school.
Mobile County schools spokeswoman Nancy Pierce tells al.com school officials found a 25-caliber, semi-automatic pistol and a knife in the 13-year-old's bag in a locker room in the gym.
Police Chief Clifton Adams says the Alba Middle School student got the gun from a shed behind his parents' house. The boy told police he was being bullied and brought the gun to school to protect himself.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police are not identifying the boy because he is a minor. He faces misdemeanor charges of carrying a concealed weapon and having a pistol without a permit. Pierce says the boy has also been suspended.