Nashville mom charged after daughter brings loaded gun to elementary school

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A woman has been charged after police say her child brought a loaded gun to school Friday.

Metro Police have charged Derrika Parker, 29, with reckless endangerment after her child brought a loaded 9mm gun to Napier Elementary School on Fairfield Avenue.

The student reportedly told a staff member at an after-school program that the weapon had been in her backpack all day. Police didn't specify the child's age or grade.

Officers recovered the weapon, which police say was fully loaded with a round in the chamber. Parker admitted to putting her own firearm in the child’s backpack, police report.

She was arrested on outstanding warrants along with the reckless endangerment charge.

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