Louisiana boy accidentally shot in school after gun falls from backpack, investigators say
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A gun dropped out of a student's backpack in Moss Bluff Elementary School on Monday, accidentally discharging and striking another boy in the classroom. (Google Street View)
A 7-year-old boy was accidentally shot in a Louisiana elementary school Monday morning after a student picked up a gun that fell out of another child's backpack, investigators said.
A student was carrying the gun in his backpack when it fell out in a classroom at Moss Bluff Elementary School, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso said. Another child picked up the gun and it discharged, striking the 7-year-old boy who was standing nearby.
The boy was taken to the hospital and was in surgery as of Monday afternoon.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Officials said they would decide later whether to press charges against the parents of the student who bought the gun to school.
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The children involved in the incident will not be held criminally responsible, Mancuso said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It's unclear why the student brought the gun to school.
Calcasieu Parish is a three-hour drive west of New Orleans.