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Loaded gun found at Hyper Kidz Baltimore County playground, police said
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Loaded gun found at Hyper Kidz Baltimore County playground, police said

Baltimore County police said Monday that a loaded firearm was discovered at a children’s playground in Owings Mills over the weekend.

Officers retrieved the weapon after being called to the Hyper Kidz center at 11460 Cronridge Drive just after 3:15 p.m. Sunday, a police spokesman said. No injuries were reported.

Bynia Reed, Co-Founder and COO of Hyper Kidz, said in a text message that the company is cooperating with the police investigation and using video footage and their point-of-sale system to identify the “negligent parent” who dropped the gun. She said the situation was handled “quickly” by parents, staff and police.

“We’re parents, too, and this is taken very seriously on all fronts,” Reed said.

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She reiterated that Hyper Kidz facilities have a strict no-weapons policy and “a lot more safety policies.”

Police and Reed did not immediately say what kind of weapon was found, where in the facility it was discovered or by whom.

This is a developing story.