8-year-old Florida student's gift to teacher includes .22-caliber gun, toiletries

(CBS/WKMG/AP) PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - A Florida elementary teacher got a surprise Tuesday, when she found a .22-caliber handgun in an end-of-year-gift given to her by an 8-year-old-student.



The teacher opened the thoughtful gift of assorted toiletries and found the weapon at the bottom. Well, at least it's creative!

The student's grandmother handed the teacher the gift in the Allamanda Elementary School parking lot, says the Palm Beach County School District. Reportedly the gun was never actually in the school building or in the hands of students.

According to school officials, neither the grandmother nor the student realized that the gun was in the box.

Police apparently believe that in a sitcom-like mix-up the grandmother had previously put the gun in the box to hide it, and the girl unknowingly picked the wrong box in which to wrap her teacher's present, CBS affiliate WKMG reports.

That's grandma for you, always hiding guns in gift boxes.

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