Antioch Girl Accidentally Shoots Hand With Gun She Found
ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a 13-year-old San Francisco Bay area girl was arrested on suspicion of weapons-related charges after she accidentally shot herself in the hand with a gun she said she found in a school bathroom.
She is recovering from her injury.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Monday that the teen told officers she found the revolver in a school bathroom last week and placed it in her backpack, where she kept it all day. A report from the city of Antioch did not name the middle school.
When she returned home, "she was going to show the firearm to her grandmother and accidentally shot herself in the hand," according to the report.
Officers recovered the gun from her home and booked her at a juvenile hall. The girl has an unspecified arrest record.