Three students injured during gun-safety lesson when teacher accidentally fires pistol in California classroom
The wounded pupils included a 17-year-old boy who was struck in the neck by bullet fragments
A teacher in Northern California accidentally fired his gun inside a classroom, injuring three students, police said.
Dennis Alexander, who is also a reserve police officer, was pointing the pistol at the ceiling to make sure it was not loaded when the weapon discharged on Tuesday inside his classroom at Seaside High School in the coastal community of Seaside, KSBW-TV reported.
The Seaside Police Department said no one suffered “serious injuries.” One 17-year-old boy sustained moderate wounds when bullet fragments lodged in his neck, the student’s father, Fermin Gonzales, told KSBW.
“It’s the craziest thing. It could have been very bad,” Gonzales said.
Alexander was teaching a gun safety lesson for his administration of justice and was about to show the students how to disarm someone, Gonzales said.