Gun went off in 12yo girl's backpack in LA

Los Angeles police are still trying to work out how a 12-year-old came to have a gun in her bag and why it went off injuring two other students at a school.

Associated PressFEBRUARY 3, 20181:32PM
A semi-automatic handgun accidentally went off inside a 12-year-old girl's backpack at a Los Angeles school, sending a single bullet tearing through the wrist of another girl before hitting a boy in the head, police say.

Los Angeles police spokesman Josh Rubenstein says detectives are now looking into where the girl got the unregistered gun from and why she brought it to school. It's also not clear what made the gun go off.

The girl, who was taken into custody minutes after the shooting, has retained a lawyer and isn't answering questions, Rubenstein said. She is expected to be charged on Monday with being a minor in possession of a firearm and having a weapon on school grounds, prosecutors said.

Jordan Valenzuela, a 12-year-old classmate of the girl's, told The Associated Press that he was in the room next door when the gun went off and talked to her minutes later.
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