CLEVELAND (AP) \u2014 A vigilant Cleveland woman standing at her kitchen window Tuesday evening may have averted a tragedy when she confiscated a full gun magazine from a 7-year-old boy who was loading it as two friends stood by.<\/p>\n
When the woman went outside and took the magazine from him, he handed over a bag containing a 9 mm handgun, police said. She ordered all three boys, including a 12-year-old and a 9-year-old, to sit on her steps while she called police.<\/p>\n
Officers who arrived searched the boys and found a large sheathed knife hidden in a sock of the 12-year-old along with a stun gun and two rounds of 9 mm ammunition his pocket.<\/p>\n
The 7-year-old told officers that the handgun belonged to his mother\u2019s boyfriend and that it had been sitting on a living room mantle, police said. His mother told officers she didn\u2019t know where her son got the gun but said the knife and stun gun belonged to her.<\/p>\n
No weapons were found on the 9-year-old, who was released to his mother. The 7-year-old and the 12-year-old were taken to Cleveland police headquarters where they were booked.<\/p>\n
The police report said juvenile charges were filed against the boys before they were released to parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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