Boy, 7, Injured After Gun Accidentally Fires Inside Elementary School Classroom

A second-grade student was injured Wednesday morning after accidentally firing a gun inside an elementary school classroom, prompting a police investigation and a brief lockdown.

Authorities said the 7-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to his hand after bringing a firearm to Freetown Elementary School in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The gun discharged around 8:30 a.m., according to WUSA9, CBS Baltimore and The Baltimore Sun.

Other students were inside the classroom at the time, but no one else was hurt…

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