SEATTLE - An 8-year-old girl was in critical condition Wednesday after he was hit in his abdomen Elementary School near Seattle, and one of his classmates has been arrested, authorities said Wednesday.
The injured third grade at Seattle Harborview Medical Center where he underwent surgery Wednesday afternoon so that doctors could be flown to assess their injuries, said hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg.
Police said that a third grade boy who was questioned and a gun was found in a class. The boy apparently shot the girl, though police did not provide further details about the incident, saying their investigation is just beginning.
Bremerton Schools Superintendent's office said that the girl was shot in the stomach.
Bremerton Police Lt. Peter Fisher said officers and rescue workers to Armin year of basic school in Bremen at 01.30 clock in response to a call that a student was hit by another student have been sent. The western school in a quiet residential area about 20 miles from Seattle, Puget Sound.
The school has crashed right after the shooting, said spokeswoman Patty Glaser, Bremerton schools. Lockdown procedures require announcements through loudspeakers to school and teachers are made to lock their classrooms, he said.
Armin years of basic school has about 400 students, said Glaser. He said the school will reopen Thursday and three consultants to talk to teachers, pupils and parents.
"Our plans at this time, continue to school as usual," said Glaser.
The question of how a gun was brought into the school, Fisher said the police were still investigating the circumstances and could not specify.
The police, together with the school district Wednesday afternoon, to reunite parents with their children once more, Fisher said, and investigators have interviewed the witnesses, the students involved.
By mid-afternoon, parents were still coming to fetch their children from school. A police officer was checking vehicles as they entered the parking lot.
Many questions remain, including how a child could have a loaded gun, and took her to a class of elementary school.
In the most recent scorecard of the Brady Campaign, a national gun control advocacy group, Washington has scored no points in the category of child safety because the state does not require locks to limit guns, and there are laws to prevent children's access to firearms.
"Washington State is a permissive state regulations when it comes to firearms," said Gregory Roberts, executive director of Washington Ceasefire, an affiliate Brady Campaign.
Amanda Roth, a lawyer for the Community of San Francisco-based legal violence, said that 27 states and the District of Columbia, some form of laws that prevent children's access gun are. These laws can also use the locks and the need for criminal penalties for adults who have children, their hands can come to arms.
The injured third grade at Seattle Harborview Medical Center where he underwent surgery Wednesday afternoon so that doctors could be flown to assess their injuries, said hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg.
Police said that a third grade boy who was questioned and a gun was found in a class. The boy apparently shot the girl, though police did not provide further details about the incident, saying their investigation is just beginning.
Bremerton Schools Superintendent's office said that the girl was shot in the stomach.
Bremerton Police Lt. Peter Fisher said officers and rescue workers to Armin year of basic school in Bremen at 01.30 clock in response to a call that a student was hit by another student have been sent. The western school in a quiet residential area about 20 miles from Seattle, Puget Sound.
The school has crashed right after the shooting, said spokeswoman Patty Glaser, Bremerton schools. Lockdown procedures require announcements through loudspeakers to school and teachers are made to lock their classrooms, he said.
Armin years of basic school has about 400 students, said Glaser. He said the school will reopen Thursday and three consultants to talk to teachers, pupils and parents.
"Our plans at this time, continue to school as usual," said Glaser.
The question of how a gun was brought into the school, Fisher said the police were still investigating the circumstances and could not specify.
The police, together with the school district Wednesday afternoon, to reunite parents with their children once more, Fisher said, and investigators have interviewed the witnesses, the students involved.
By mid-afternoon, parents were still coming to fetch their children from school. A police officer was checking vehicles as they entered the parking lot.
Many questions remain, including how a child could have a loaded gun, and took her to a class of elementary school.
In the most recent scorecard of the Brady Campaign, a national gun control advocacy group, Washington has scored no points in the category of child safety because the state does not require locks to limit guns, and there are laws to prevent children's access to firearms.
"Washington State is a permissive state regulations when it comes to firearms," said Gregory Roberts, executive director of Washington Ceasefire, an affiliate Brady Campaign.
Amanda Roth, a lawyer for the Community of San Francisco-based legal violence, said that 27 states and the District of Columbia, some form of laws that prevent children's access gun are. These laws can also use the locks and the need for criminal penalties for adults who have children, their hands can come to arms.
