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May 19 – According to the Associated Press, Chicago police said on the 18th that an 8-year-old boy accidentally went to school with a gun, injuring his 7-year-old classmate.
Police said that the fire gun was put in the boy’s backpack, and the bullet bounced from the classroom floor, scratching a classmate’s abdomen. The student was then taken to the hospital and is in good condition.
Police also said that the boy found the gun under his mother’s bed and took it to school. The mother of the boy has been accused of harming children, and her lawyer Roger Clark admitted that the gun should be locked up, not just under the bed.