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Hopefully this kid won't ever be able to reproduce.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/020304_local_schoolshoot.html
ABC13 Eyewitness News
(2/03/04 - HOUSTON) — There's been a shooting at an Alief ISD elementary school.
Apparently a fifth-grade boy brought a gun to class Tuesday morning at Youens Elementary School. He was reportedly showing it to classmates and it accidentally discharged when he was returning it to the waistband of his pants.
The boy was hit in the groin. He was able to walk out of the classroom to ask for medical help.
The fifth-grader was taken to Ben Taub Hospital in stable condition.
A police investigation is underway. No other injuries were reported. School officials tell Eyewitness News about 20 students witnessed the incident. Crisis counselors are on hand at the school.
(Copyright © 2004, KTRK-TV)
Same story in local paper.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2385458
Fifth-grader accidentally shoots himself at school
By PEGGY O'HARE
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle
An Alief fifth-grader is in stable condition this afternoon after he accidentally shot himself at school this morning.
The shooting happened in a classroom of 20 to 22 students on the Youens Elementary campus at 12141 Highstar about 10:30 a.m.
No other students or teachers were injured, but school officials brought in a "crisis team" to counsel classmates who may have been upset by the shooting.
The injured student, whose name has not been released, brought a .380 semiautomatic pistol from home concealed in his waistband, said Alief Independent School District spokeswoman Cathy Giardina.
Giardina said the boy showed the pistol to another child and was tucking the gun back into his waistband when it discharged, firing a round into his groin area.
The bullet passed through the boy's body, went through his chair and into the floor, officials said. The boy was able to pick up the bullet and carry it out of the classroom to give to authorities, Giardina said.
Classes are continuing, but parents may pick up their children early if they wish, Giardina said.
It was not immediately known how the boy got the gun, but Giardina said he reportedly found it in his garage. The boy is speaking with police, but school officials have not yet had a chance to talk with his mother, who is with the child at Ben Taub Hospital.
None of Alief ISD's elementary schools have metal detectors, Giardina said, although all the district's middle and high schools do. School district police officers do not staff the campus full-time. Giardina said this is the first such incident to occur at an Alief elementary school.
State law requires that any student bringing a loaded gun to school be removed from the school for one calendar year and placed in an alternative education program, Giardina said.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/020304_local_schoolshoot.html
ABC13 Eyewitness News
(2/03/04 - HOUSTON) — There's been a shooting at an Alief ISD elementary school.
Apparently a fifth-grade boy brought a gun to class Tuesday morning at Youens Elementary School. He was reportedly showing it to classmates and it accidentally discharged when he was returning it to the waistband of his pants.
The boy was hit in the groin. He was able to walk out of the classroom to ask for medical help.
The fifth-grader was taken to Ben Taub Hospital in stable condition.
A police investigation is underway. No other injuries were reported. School officials tell Eyewitness News about 20 students witnessed the incident. Crisis counselors are on hand at the school.
(Copyright © 2004, KTRK-TV)
Same story in local paper.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2385458
Fifth-grader accidentally shoots himself at school
By PEGGY O'HARE
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle
An Alief fifth-grader is in stable condition this afternoon after he accidentally shot himself at school this morning.
The shooting happened in a classroom of 20 to 22 students on the Youens Elementary campus at 12141 Highstar about 10:30 a.m.
No other students or teachers were injured, but school officials brought in a "crisis team" to counsel classmates who may have been upset by the shooting.
The injured student, whose name has not been released, brought a .380 semiautomatic pistol from home concealed in his waistband, said Alief Independent School District spokeswoman Cathy Giardina.
Giardina said the boy showed the pistol to another child and was tucking the gun back into his waistband when it discharged, firing a round into his groin area.
The bullet passed through the boy's body, went through his chair and into the floor, officials said. The boy was able to pick up the bullet and carry it out of the classroom to give to authorities, Giardina said.
Classes are continuing, but parents may pick up their children early if they wish, Giardina said.
It was not immediately known how the boy got the gun, but Giardina said he reportedly found it in his garage. The boy is speaking with police, but school officials have not yet had a chance to talk with his mother, who is with the child at Ben Taub Hospital.
None of Alief ISD's elementary schools have metal detectors, Giardina said, although all the district's middle and high schools do. School district police officers do not staff the campus full-time. Giardina said this is the first such incident to occur at an Alief elementary school.
State law requires that any student bringing a loaded gun to school be removed from the school for one calendar year and placed in an alternative education program, Giardina said.
