Parent's gun goes off accidentally inside Portsmouth school, and ricochet injures a woman
PORTSMOUTH -- A woman sustained a minor injury Tuesday afternoon when a parent brought a gun to Simonsdale Elementary and it “inadvertently discharged,” according to police and a robocall issued by the school.
At 3:52 p.m., police got a 911 call that a woman was “struck by a ricochet” to the lower body, according to a police department tweet.
After investigating, police charged 29-year-old Antonio Mills with possession of a firearm on school property, possession of a firearm by a felon and reckless handling of a firearm. According to a news release from the department, Mills ran from the scene and has not been found.
Tammy King, the school principal, sent a robocall to families Tuesday afternoon saying that a parent entered the building with a weapon just before dismissal.
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