Colorado high schooler shot in leg by school staffer with gun, on school grounds

A boy was getting a ride from a school staffer, at Rangeview High School in Aurora, Colorado, in the school parking lot.  The staffer, who could legally bring the gun onto school grounds, since he has a side job as a security guard elsewhere, had a gun with him and was trying to put it into his glove box when he unintentionally fired it, hitting the student in the leg.

No charges will be filed.

From an article:

Police spokesman Ofc. Frank Fania says a staff worker at the school accidentally shot the student in the leg in the staff worker’s car. The student was getting a ride home. 

The gun accidentally fired while the shooter was putting it away in the glove box of his vehicle.
Fania says the staff worker has a second job as an armed security officer, so it’s legal for him to have the gun. He is not a teacher at the school and his job as a security guard is not associated with Aurora Public Schools. 

The worker drove the victim to Aurora Medical Center South for treatment. The victim is expected to recover. 

Police do not plan to file any charges against the shooter, since it was legal for him to have the gun. 

Fania says it will be up to the school district to decide whether he violated any school rules.

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Armed resource officer unintentionally fires his gun in school

After the Sandy Hook shooting, the Highland Central School District in Highland, New York, took the NRA's advise and began a program where an armed police resource officers patrolled its schools.

Yesterday, one of those officers unintentionally fired his weapon in the school.  Luckily no one was injured.

The program is now suspended.

From an article:

Police Officer Sean McCutcheon for the town of Lloyd, N.Y., accidentally fired his gun at 1:38 p.m. Tuesday in Highland High School's hallway, the district said. No one was injured, and no students or staff were nearby when the gun went off.  ...

Mark Wallen, 43, whose son is a senior at the high school, questioned the value of having armed guards in the schools. He called the choice to have an armed officer in schools a "knee-jerk reaction." 

"What if a kid had been killed? We got lucky this time and that's purely what it is," Wallen said. 

McCutcheon was assigned as a resource officer following a Jan. 3 special school board meeting, according to the district website. 

Following that meeting, district officials said they were discussing efforts to enhance safety and security in the buildings with local law enforcement. Administrators were exploring hiring trained security personnel with law-enforcement backgrounds and allowing them to carry their side arms in the building. 

Police Chief Daniel Waage assigned McCutcheon to the role while logistics and details for a more comprehensive plan are being developed. ...

McCutcheon, a veteran police officer who served more than two decades with the New Paltz, N.Y., police before joining the Lloyd police, was on routine patrol with no one around when he mistakenly shot his gun, Lloyd Supervisor Paul Hansut said. 

He is a part-time officer with Lloyd and is the only school resource officer in the Highland district. He rotates between the three school buildings, Haab said.

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Texas school employee in conceal carry class at school unintentionally shoots himself

The Van Independent School District in Tyler, Texas, followed the recommendation of the NRA and decided to arm its school teachers and employees.  As part of that initiative, the school sponsored a conceal carry training class on school grounds.  

During the end of that class, one of the attendees, Glenn Geddie, a "maintenance worker for the district" unintentionally fired his gun, and the ricochet hit him in the leg.  The injury was not life-threatening.  

Luckily no kids were present during the incident, and no one else was injured.

From an article and news video:

“At the conclusion of the CHL training on February 27, 2013, one certified person stayed for private instruction with the instructor and had a mechanical malfunction with his weapon,” Van Independent School District said in a statement. “With the assistance of the instructor, the malfunction was addressed, but the gun misfired and the bullet ricocheted coming back to strike the VISD employee in the left leg.” 

“The VISD employee was attended to at the scene and transferred to Tyler for further treatment. The injury is not life threatening or disabling. Because of privacy and security issues we cannot make any further statement.” 

Following the December mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, Van Independent School District and other Texas school districts put plans in place to allow employees to carry guns in schools. 

“After consulting with our school attorney, local law enforcement, DPS officials, and pursuant to its authority under Texas Penal Code 46.03(a)(1), the board authorized specific school employees and other persons to possess certain firearms on school property, at school-sponsored or school-sanctioned events, and at board meetings in accordance with board policy CKC(Local),” a district press release explained in January. 

“Please rest assured that we will remain vigilant,” the statement said. “Van ISD will continue to do everything we can to ensure that our children are educated in an environment that is safe, healthy, and supportive.” 

Van Superintendent Don Dunn in January promised KLTV that the district would “go above and beyond on all out training.” 

“We’re going to start training immediately,” he said. “It will be every employee who is approved to carry.”

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Armed guard in Michigan school leaves gun in bathroom

Following the NRA's advice to put armed guards in schools, the Chatfield Charter School in Lapeer, Michigan, hired an armed security guard to patrol its campus.  Clark Arnold seems like a good choice, as a 32-year veteran of the local sheriff's department.

But only three days after being hired, Clark left his handgun in a bathroom for kids to find.

Luckily, the gun was unloaded, and no one was injured.

No charges are likely to be filed.

From an article:

On January 13^th of this year…just four days ago the Chatfield School in Lapeer, Michigan followed the directive of the NRA…to the letter.  They hired an armed guard, an experienced Sheriff’s Deputy to take charge of security for their 500 child school.  The announcement said “Thirty-two year retired Sheriff’s deputy in charge” and it was observed by the local Tea Party spokesperson that “a visitor to Chatfield School might mistake Clark Arnold for a smiling, kindly grandfather waiting for one of its nearly 500 students.” 

Arnold, a 32-year veteran of the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept., as well as a firearms instructor, has been hired by the 16-year-old charter school academy as the county’s first armed school security officer. The decision was applauded by Bruce Cady, a trustee on the Chatfield Board of Directors, who added, “Absolutely. The decision was made for the good of the kids. We took the wellbeing of the kids and their safety into consideration. The events that have been happening in the schools is [sic] very concerning and that’s why we took the action we did.” 

Just three days later…a report from the Flint Journal says that “A security officer at a Lapeer charter school left a firearm unattended in a school bathroom on Monday, Jan. 14, a school official said. 

Further, “the security officer “made a breach in security protocol” and left an unloaded weapon in a restroom for a few moments,” said Chatfield School Director Matt Young. 

Young said the school has been in contact with local authorities about the matter and wouldn’t discuss any possible repercussion for the officer, calling it “a personnel matter.” Young also declined to name the security officer. 

Lapeer resident Tris Fritz, who has children in third and fifth grade at the school said “I think that some kid might not think it’s a real gun. They might think it’s a toy. They’re going to be curious, that’s the nature of a child. I know people are human and they make mistakes,” Fritz added. “That’s kind of a big mistake.”

More than "kind of" a big mistake, we'd say.

Every gun in the hands of a child must first pass through the hands of an adult.

Concealed firearms carrier leaves gun in elementary classroom

A man in Moore, Oklahoma, was assisting his relative, an elementary teacher, with her computer.  His concealed handgun fell out and was left on a chair after he left, and he didn't realize until media reported on it.

No arrest has been made.

From an article:

Investigators say the relative was assisting a Plaza Towers Elementary teacher in repairing a computer at the school at 852 Southwest 11th Street in Moore over the weekend. The relative, who is licensed to carry the gun, told police he did not realize it had fallen out of his pocket until he saw reports on the news. 

Police say the owner of the gun contacted them. No one has been arrested, but officers say they will turn their investigation over to the district attorney. 

The elementary school was locked down Monday morning when a teacher found the gun on a chair in a classroom. All the students were taken to the school's cafeteria while police searched the building for other weapons. 

No one was injured in the incident. Several parents arrived at the school and checked their children out for the day after the lockdown ended.

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