Richmond Daycare Administrator Arrested After 2-Year-Old Pulls Her Loaded Gun From an Unzipped Fanny Pack and Puts It in Their Mouth

Firearm Laws & Litigation Articles - USA Carry · Oct 21, 2026

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A 2-year-old at Thrive Learning Center East in South Richmond removed a loaded gun from Martha Evans's unzipped fanny pack and put it in their mouth.

The child then carried the firearm to a table where five other children were sitting before staff retrieved it.

Evans, a daycare administrator, faces charges of possession of a firearm at a school and reckless handling of a firearm.

State records indicate Evans regularly brought the gun to work and often left it within reach of children.

Staff failed to report the incident within the mandatory 24-hour window, filing the report…