Cook County daycare owner says 9-year-old brought gun to school

A 9-year-old was found with a gun in their backpack at a South Holland daycare Thursday afternoon.

Happy Days Daycare owner Regina Sethi told FOX 32 that the child had the gun in their backpack all day at Greenwood Elementary School.

The student was then picked up from school and dropped off at the daycare. Sethi says the gun fell out of the backpack.

The village of South Holland confirms an investigation is underway after the gun unintentionally discharged.

No one was harmed in the incident.

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FOX 32 has reached out to the South Holland Police Department for more information.