{"id":4970,"date":"2026-08-20T17:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4970"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:07:34","slug":"6-year-old-and-two-others-caught-with-guns-at-sc-schools-sheriff-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4970","title":{"rendered":"6-year-old and two others caught with guns at SC schools, sheriff says"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Two students \u2014 including a 6-year-old \u2014 and one adult were caught carrying a firearm at schools across Richland County, according to Sheriff Leon Lott.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4968\">What\u2019s in a name? Supporters call her Graham. Detractors add Nordone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 18, around 7:30 a.m., a school resource deputy at JP Thomas Elementary School was alerted to a 6-year-old carrying an assault pistol holding extremely lethal rounds of .300 Blackout, Lott said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The weapon was safely taken away from the child and his mother, Destar Hall, 35, was later arrested and charged with unlawful conduct toward a child, Lott said during a news conference Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Around 9 a.m., Tuesday, another student at Richland Northeast High School was found with a handgun with a clip containing 17 rounds but nothing in the chamber, the sheriff said. The school resource deputy was notified after The 16-year-old walked through a metal detector with the weapon in his bookbag, Lott said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4967\">What\u2019s in a name? Supporters call her Graham. Detractors add Nordone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He arrested and transported to department of juvenile justice.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, a woman was caught concealing a small handgun after walking through a metal detector at Richland County High School Lott did not name.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The woman \u2014 Cassandra McGee, 40 \u2014 was charged with possession of a weapon on school grounds.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message should be to young people and to adults: the metal detectors work,\u201d Lott said. \u201cYou try to come into a school with a weapon, it\u2019s going to go off, and you\u2019re going to get arrested. Zero tolerance for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4966\">Murdaugh prosecutors say \u2018lie detector\u2019 statements false. 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