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14 students hurt in Gresham Elementary pepper spray discharge
CHICAGO -- At least 14 Gresham Elementary students were taken to hospitals after a pepper spray discharge at the South Side school.
Officers responded about 11:30 a.m. to a report of release of possible pepper spray on the third floor the building in the 8500 block of South Green Street, Chicago police said.
The children were taken to Saint Bernard and Little Company of Mary hospitals, police said.
One child was being questioned, police said. Investigators believe the discharge may have been accidental, according to police.
Read more: https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gresham-elementary-pepper-spray-morgan-park-high-school/
