Principal allegedly pretends to shoot kids with finger gun in unhinged active shooter drill, telling one: ‘Boom! You’re dead!’

A California elementary school principal has been placed on leave for conducting an unauthorized drill in which she allegedly pretended to shoot students — and even said seven kids were “killed,” according to a report.

Nina Denson, principal of Washington Elementary School in San Gabriel, carried out the unhinged active shooter lockdown drill on Wednesday, KTLA reported.

“She proceeded to walk around campus and pretended to shoot people she saw using finger movements and banging on windows,” parent Jennifer Chavez told the outlet.

“From what I heard, she said to one of the students, ‘Boom! You’re dead!’” she said.

Some of the kids who witnessed the terrifying incident were reportedly as young as 4 years old.

“Oh, he was really upset,” Chavez said of her first-grader. “The one shocking, surprising thing he said as a 6-year-old was, ‘I’m just really glad none of my friends died.’”

Employees said Denson even announced that seven students were “killed” in the mock drill.

Nina Denson, the principal of a California elementary school, has been placed on leave for conducting an unauthorized active shooter drill in which she allegedly pretended to shoot students. Nina Denson/Facebook

Washington Elementary School principal Nina Denson has been placed on leave for conducting an unauthorized active shooter drill in which she allegedly pretended to shoot students. Nina Denson/Facebook

“Can you imagine the trauma these children potentially could go through just thinking, ‘Oh my God, my friend was killed’ or ‘I was shot and told I died,’” another parent, Anna Bustamante, told KTLA.

“At the young age that these children are, it was very upsetting,” she added.

District Superintendent Jim Symonds said the drill was unauthorized.

Denson allegedly announced that seven children had been “killed” during the mock attack. KTLA

Parents are calling for her to be removed from her post. KTLA

“This type of drill where a scenario was run is not approved by the district nor part of our district protocol,” he told the outlet.

The district reportedly told parents in an email: “The conduct of the drill does not appear to have been in line with District protocols or best practices.”

It has launched an investigation and a veteran teacher took over as interim principal, but some parents are calling for Denson to be ousted.

Nina Denson San Gabriel Unified/X

“I don’t want her back here at all,” Chavez told KTLA. “She does not have the trust of the community.”

Officials told the outlet that counselors were made available for students and employees who may have been traumatized.