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5. Details are still very sketchy...

Wed Feb 22, 2012, 07:28 PM

Feb 2012

the local networks have pre-empted schedules to give the coverage of this. What they are saying is that not much is known, aside from the fact that a nine-year old boy walked up to an eight-year old girl (both third-graders), as teachers were preparing to dismiss classes for the day, stuck a gun into the little girl's abdomen and fired.

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/child-reported-shot-school-bremerton/nJdNb/

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Medics-treating-shot-student-at-Bremerton-elementary-140050373.html

http://www.king5.com/news/cities/bremerton/Child-shot-at-Bremerton-elementary-school-140049723.html

Just now, networks finally returned to regular programming, after more than an hour of reporting the breaking news.

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Girl shot at Bremerton elementary school (Washington) [View all] Tripper11 Feb 2012 OP

My thoughts are with her and her family. Justice wanted Feb 2012 #1

Source of gun, should be charged as if they pulled the trigger. TheMadMonk Feb 2012 #2

School district reports the shooting was accidental. Robb Feb 2012 #3

WTF? Still Sensible Feb 2012 #8

So, are concealed weapons in elementary schools not permitted? nanabugg Feb 2012 #20

Tripper11 - can you add a link for this, please? Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #4

Details are still very sketchy... countryjake Feb 2012 #5

Sorry, forgot the links. countryjake, thanks for adding. eom Tripper11 Feb 2012 #7

You're welcome! At the time you'd posted your OP, there weren't any, yet. countryjake Feb 2012 #17

Here's one: Suich Feb 2012 #6

Thanks both! Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #10

The girl who was shot, was talking when she was taken Suich Feb 2012 #11

And 11 o'clock News is now saying that it WAS accidental... countryjake Feb 2012 #15

Impossible. It is a gun-free zone. Fortran Feb 2012 #12

When I first moved to the States..I remember.. Tripper11 Feb 2012 #14

Well, the signs do keep keep the good guys from bringing guns in... Fortran Feb 2012 #18

It is the tragic result of the mass-weapons-marketing campaign Kolesar Feb 2012 #16

There are many neighborhoods where it is most assuredly a life skill. Fortran Feb 2012 #19

Two words. truthisfreedom Feb 2012 #21