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Mother charged after gun accidently goes off in her 8-year-old son's backpack at CPS magnet school

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Misdemeanor charges have been filed against a mother after a gun in her child's backpack went off at Walt Disney Magnet School, wounding a 7-year-old boy Tuesday morning.

The gun accidentally discharged while in the student's backpack in a classroom around 10 a.m., Chicago police said. The bullet struck the ground, ricocheted and grazed the abdomen of a classmate.


The wounded boy was taken to Lurie's Children's Hospital in good condition, officials said.

The child's mother, Tatanina Kelly, 28, was charged with three misdemeanor counts of causing a child to be endangered, police said. She was expected to appear in bond court Wednesday.

Neither police nor school officials said how the gun got into the backpack.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire & Chicago Sun-Times 2022. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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