(Meredith) – A teacher accidentally fired a pistol inside a California classroom while lecturing about public safety and injured three students, according to police.
Dennis Alexander was pointing the gun at the ceiling when he inadvertently fired it Tuesday at Seaside High School, said Abdul Pridgen, the city's police chief.
Bullet fragments ricocheted off the ceiling and hit a 17-year-old student in the neck, Pridgen said.
“I’m just pretty upset that no one told us anything and we had to call the police ourselves to report it.”.
Two other students were also injured by debris, but police said all of their injuries are minor.
The police department and school district placed Alexander on administrative leave while investigating whether he was legally allowed to have a gun on campus.
"I think a lot of questions on parents' minds are, why a teacher would be pointing a loaded firearm at the ceiling in front of students," Superintendent PK Diffenbaugh told KSBW. »
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