LA school shooting: Unclear where 12-year-old got gun
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February 2, 2018
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The semi-automatic handgun that fired accidentally inside a Los Angeles middle school classroom came from a 12-year-old girl's backpack and the single bullet tore through the wrist of another girl before striking a boy's head, police said Friday.
Los Angeles Police spokesman Josh Rubenstein said detectives are trying to figure out where the girl got the gun, which was unregistered, and why she brought it to school. It wasn't clear what made it fire.
The girl, who was booked on a charge of negligent discharge of a firearm after Thursday's shooting, has retained an attorney an...
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