Hopkins mother charged after 13-year-old brings gun to school
A Hopkins mother was charged Tuesday after her 13-year-old brought a handgun to Hopkins West Junior High and struck another student with it.[1]
Authorities identified the defendant as 34-year-old Rochelle Lashon Dockery of Hopkins and charged her with neglectful storage of a firearm, a gross misdemeanor.[1]
On Feb. 13, 2026, surveillance video showed the 13-year-old carrying a black handgun, chasing another student, and striking the victim in the head with the gun.[1] Detectives say the juvenile left school after an earlier altercation, went home to retrieve the handgun, and then returned to campus.[1] The charge appears in a criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County District Court and was summarized to FOX 9 by Hopkins police.[1]
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- Defendant: Rochelle Lashon Dockery, 34, of Hopkins, charged in Hennepin County with neglectful storage of a firearm, a gross misdemeanor.
- Incident occurred Feb. 13, 2026, at Hopkins West Junior High School in Hopkins.
- Surveillance video shows a 13-year-old student carrying a black handgun, chasing another student, and striking the victim in the head with the gun.
- Detectives learned there was an earlier altercation, after which the 13-year-old allegedly went home, retrieved the handgun, and returned to school.
- Charge details come from a criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County District Court and summarized by Hopkins police to FOX 9.
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