Third Grade Student Playing With Gun Shoots Schoolmate
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The student suffered minor injuries after being shot by a fellow student playing with a gun.
The shooting happened Tuesday morning at Hornsby elementary school in Augusta. Richmond County school board spokesman Kaden Jacobs says a student brought the weapon to school and was “playing with the gun inside a desk”. She says it discharged accidentally.
School officials said at a news conference the bullet grazed a girl in the third-grade class. Superintendent Angela Pringle said the girl was home resting after being treated at a hospital.
Police said the boy who brought the .380-caliber handgun to school was questioned and released to his parents. No decisions on charges had been made.
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D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.