Unloaded gun seized from a student outside a Charlotte elementary school, police say

Staff confiscated an unloaded gun from a student outside a Charlotte elementary school on Friday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said. Another Devonshire Elementary School student reported the gun, “and staff immediately confiscated the weapon,” principal Kristen Hackl said in a message to parents and staff Friday morning. “Our children are safe in their classrooms and learning is continuing,” Hackl said in the message. The Observer obtained a copy of the message through a request to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools media office. The gun was seized just before 8 a.m., police posted on the...