Liverpool, N.Y. – A student at Liverpool Elementary School accidentally exploded a pepper spray ball in a classroom on Tuesday morning.
The fourth grader found a Byrna pepper ball in his yard while getting on the bus and picked it up because it resembled a Pokémon ball, according to Meghan Piper, a Liverpool Central School District spokesperson.
The pepper balls are typically used as ammunition in non-lethal guns meant for self-defense…