A gun discharged inside the backpack of a second grader at a Huntsville elementary school during dismissal Thursday afternoon. Students were getting ready to leave Challenger Elementary School when the gun went off, according to Huntsville City Schools, WHNT reported.

Huntsville City School officials say Thursday a firearm was discharged from a second graders backpack at Challenger Elementary, striking another students backpack. The bullet damaged the students lapt

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ( WAFF) - A firearm discharged inside a student’s backpack at Challenger Elementary School on Thursday afternoon, according to school officials. Officials with Huntsville City Schools said an incident happened during dismissal inside a 2nd-grade child’s backpack as students were in the hallway preparing to leave school.