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

The grandfather of an elementary school candidate who brought a gun to school that accidentally went off inside a classroom in Charles County Maryland has been charged in the incident according to administration Investigators with the Charles County Sheriff s Office commented 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 communicated investigators he noticed on April days before the event that his gun was missing from his bus s console He announced 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 advised 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 declared and Bright believes the participant opened the console looking for candy and took the gun But according to personnel 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 bus 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 record Source