Location

February 25, 2022

Sonnie Hereford Elementary School
2755 Wilson Dr
Huntsville, Alabama

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Wounded/Injured
• Accidental Shooting
• Accidental Shooting - Injury
• Accidental Shooting at a Business
• Accidental/Negligent Discharge
• Self-Inflicted (not suicide or suicide attempt - NO PERP)
• Playing with gun
• Child Involved Incident
• Child injured self
• School Incident
• School Shooting - elementary/secondary school
• Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

Fourth grader w/ a firearm injures self. Accidental discharge, no others injured. School placed on lockdown.

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

• Type: 9mm

Sources

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• URL: https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2022/02/student-shot-in-incident-at-huntsville-elementary-school.html

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• URL: https://whnt.com/news/huntsville/sonnie-hereford-students-return-to-class-after-accidental-shooting/

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• URL: https://www.al.com/news/2022/03/huntsville-students-shooting-at-elementary-school-sent-to-juvenile-court.html

District

Congressional District: 5
State Senate District: 7
State House District: 53