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Calcasieu Parish Student Shot At Moss Bluff Elementary (UPDATED)
UPDATE: The 7-year-old boy was an "innocent bystander" who had surgery and is reportedly in stable condition.
Kim Myers with the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office says they know that another child brought the gun to school.
"It fell out of his backpack and hit the floor, then another child picked it up and that's when it went off and hit the third child," said Myers.
Authorities say they will determine if charges will be brought against the parents of the accused child.
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A 7-year-old boy was shot at an elementary school in Calcasieu Parish today according to our news partners KATC.
The Faceboook group Citizens of Moss Bluff: Be Informed is say that the shooting has to do with a child who brought a gun to school. They say it was likely dropped, and the gun fired.
One child was taken to a Lafayette Hospital, but there is no other information at this time as to the extent of the child's injuries.
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