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Police say boy holds foam gun to classmate's head, demands Pokemon cards

Originally published 12:01 a.m., February 11, 2008
Updated 11:37 p.m., February 11, 2008

REDWOOD CITY (AP) — A 10-year-old boy was sent to juvenile hall after holding a foam pellet gun to a classmate's head and robbing him of his Pokemon trading cards.

No one was injured in Thursday's incident.

Redwood City police say the fourth-grader brought an Airsoft gun to Roosevelt Elementary School and held it to a 6-year-old's forehead, demanding that the younger child give up the trading cards.

The fourth-grader has been suspended, school officials are considering whether to expel him.

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