Grenade scare forces school evacuation in Texas

An elementary school in Southlake, Texas, was evacuated for more than an hour this morning after a fourth-grader showed up with a hand grenade, authorities said.

The grenade still had the pin in it, but it was later determined to be inactive, school district spokeswoman Julie Thannum said. A bomb squad was called in to remove it from a classroom.

Fourth grade pupils are usually nine-10 years old.

“The boy wasn’t mad at anyone,” Cpl Mike Bedrich of the Southlake Department of Public Safety told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper. “He just thought it would be cool to bring it to school.”

School staff and 530 students were allowed to return to school a little over an hour later.

Thannum declined to say if any action would be taken against the student.