A Chicago woman is behind bars on child endangerment charges after her child brought a loaded gun in his backpack to school where it accidentally went off.
Tatanina Kelly, 28, had her bond set at $10,000 despite her attorney arguing that she had no criminal history and that this was a “one-time incident, not soon to be repeated.”
Kelly’s child had brought the loaded weapon to Walt Disney Magnet School and it accidentally discharged at around 10 a.m. Tuesday, wounding a classmate.
“The weapon accidentally discharged in the backpack while inside a classroom, with a bullet striking the ground and ricocheting, resulting in a classmate being grazed in the abdomen,” Chicago police said.
The victim was rushed to a hospital and is listed in “good condition”. The shooting also caused “some damage and debris”, according to the school.
“It is shocking for one, for a little kid to have a gun, something that should be hard for an adult to have at school,” a student’s grandmother said.
“Gun shootings going all over the country. This is crazy,” a pre-K student’s father added.