Cop is under investigation after three girls find his GUN in the bathroom at a private Chicago elementary school where he worked off-duty as a security guard

  • An unidentified off-duty Chicago police officer working as a security guard left a gun in the girls bathroom of a private Chicago elementary school 
  • Three girls found the gun in the bathroom and reported it to school officials
  • The school are conducting an internal investigation and alerted Chicago Police about the matter
  • A Chicago Police representative said about the officer’s mistake, ‘There will be some type of discipline’ 

By Tauren Dyson For Dailymail.com

Published: 21:15 GMT, 8 March 2020 | Updated: 21:15 GMT, 8 March 2020

An police officer is under investigation after leaving his gun in the girls’ bathroom of a private Chicago elementary school where he works off-duty as a security guard. 

Three students found the weapon inside a bathroom at Catherine Cook School at 2:30pm on March 6, WLS-TV reported. 

They told a school official, and security guards secured the firearm before anyone was hurt. 

An unidentified off-duty police officer who works security at a private elementary school is under investigation after leaving a gun in the bathroom for three girls to find

 ‘An internal investigation has been opened,’ according to Anthony Spicuzza, a spokesman for the Chicago police.

Spicuzza said other school security officers were able to secure the gun and filed a police report. 

They discovered the gun belonged to an off-duty Chicago police officer who worked as a guard at the school.

The officer hasn’t been identified to the public, but the school is investigating the matter. 

Spicuzza said the officer isn’t likely to be charged in connection to the incident, but added: ‘There will be some type of discipline.’  

School officials were not available for comment. 

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