| Jacksonville, Florida - A Jacksonville mother is accused of pulling a gun at a school bus stop, and pointing it at a group of kids. 
According to a police report, 40-year-old Johnna Bridges was picking up her son from a bus stop on the Westside when she had words with a passing driver. In the report, witnesses told police Bridges pulled a silver and black gun from under her shirt. They say she then reportedly asked if "anybody has something to say," and asked "do you all want some?" One victim listed in the police report is just eleven years old, and there were just a handful of kids there. Bus 94 had safely dropped off kids after school on Seaboard Road. But that's when things got dangerous. The mother of one of the kids had a gun and police say she was pointing it at people. - Sgt. Bill Wilkerson/ Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
- “It was legal for her to carry the firearm, but wielding it in front of children at a school bus it isn't something that anyone should tolerate.”
Bridges is the mother of a 6th grader at J.E.B. Stuart middle school. When the driver of bus 94 heard the kids talking about what happened, she called the principal. - Jeanne Ballentine/Principal
- “She said on the way to school the children were talking about it, they were concerned and worried about it.”
Ballentine questioned all of the kids, and realized, she'd met the mother before. - Jeanne Ballentine/Principal
- “She and her son came in the week before to complain about two boys who were harassing her son on that same bus," said Ballentine.”
But she says the boys who'd been bothering the mother's son weren't on the bus this time, and the problem was resolved. Police say no matter what the issue is though, a gun is not the answer. - Sgt. Bill Wilkerson/Jacksonville Sheriff's Office
- “It's never an answer to bring a gun or any kind of violence to a child or to any citizen. ”
Ballentine sent home a letter to those parents, saying the school does all it can to make sure their kids are safe. Police have charged Bridges with improper exhibition of a firearm which is a misdemeanor. She faces up to a year in jail. Labels: breaking news os9user mom gun school bus stop
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