Via WSB-TV:
AUGUSTA, Ga. —
Officials in Georgia say an elementary school student was accidentally shot by a classmate playing with a gun.
The Augusta Chronicle reports that Richmond County sheriff's Sgt. Michael McDaniel says the shooting took place about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at Hornsby Elementary School in Augusta.
A statement by the Richmond County School Board says a student brought a gun to school and was playing with it inside a desk when it "accidentally discharged."
School officials say the bullet struck another student, who was taken to a hospital.
The school board's statement said the student who brought the gun to school is in police custody. School officials did not name the students or give an age or grade.
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