SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Sioux Falls Police are trying to figure how an elementary school boy got a hold of a gun and fired it in a Sioux Falls neighborhood yesterday afternoon.
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The incident happened near 6th Street and Bahnson Avenue near two Sioux Falls schools. Someone called police and said a kid had told them someone had been shot. Washington High School students were not dismissed until police said it was safe.
Police found the gun inside a backpack on someone’s front lawn. Washington High School officials say the boy accidentally fired the gun and caused a non-life-threatening injury to himself.
KELOLAND’s Karlee Phillips attended police briefing today and she’ll have a full report on what the police know about the case so far tonight on KELOLAND News…