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A pair of babyfaced Florida 10-year-olds were arrested this week for a $300 gun sale deal brokered inside a local elementary school, officials said.

Deputy's 10-year-old son sold dead dad's gun to classmate at Florida school for $300, causing lockdown, both students arrested

Two 10-year-old students were arrested in connection with a gun sold at their elementary school in Florida, county officials confirmed.

Both boys have been charged with gun-related charges. 10-year-old boy arrested for selling deceased father's gun to classmate. (Photo : Scott Olson/Getty Images) Two 10-year-old boys were arrested in Florida on gun charges this week after one of them attempted to sell his deceased father's firearm to the other, according to authorities.

Two Country Oaks Elementary School students are facing firearm charges after deputies learned one boy attempted to sell a gun to another student.

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The Florida Highway Patrol has located the pickup truck believed to be in connection with a fatal hit-and-run on Oil Well Rd.

Authorities found the suspected pickup concealed under a tarp in the backyard of a Hendry County home.

The woman accused of driving drunk, hitting and killing a father and his two daughters in LaBelle is back in the Hendry County Jail.

Detectives explained that back in February, one of the students agreed to trade a handgun — which belonged to his deceased father — for $300.