The Latest: Gun in LA school shooting went off in backpack
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a Los Angeles school shooting (all times local):
11:35 a.m.
Los Angeles police say the students hurt in the middle school shooting suffered their injuries after a single gunshot was fired from inside a 12-year-old girl's backpack in a middle school classroom.
Police spokesman Josh Rubenstein said Friday that investigators believe the bullet struck a 15-year-old girl in the wrist and then hit another classmate in the head.
Doctors say the bullet that struck the boy in the head didn't hit anything vital and his injuries are not life-threatening.
Two other children and a staff member were hit by broken glass.
Police have said they believe the shooting was an accident.