Two charged after student accidentally shoots himself at South Carolina high school
The juvenile injured is reportedly conscious and talking.
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Your support makes all the difference.Three public schools went on lockdown Friday after a student accidentally shot himself, prompting fears of an after shooter at a Greenville, South Carolina high school.
Two students at Southside High School were involved in the shooting and one is being charged as an adult, FOX Carolina reports, after shots rang out inside the schools cafeteria at 8:40am.
Superintendent W. Burke Royster said that the students concealing a handgun inside a backpack when it discharged, striking one of them. Braylin DeAndre Scott, 17, has been charged with unlawful possession of a pistol, disturbing schools and carrying a weapon on school property.
The injured student, whose name hasn’t been released, is conscious and talking, and will likely face the same charges when released from the hospital.
Michael McDowell, a 17-year-old student at the high school, said that he grew up with the victim, who's "friends with everyone."
"He was a good kid," McDowell told Greenville Online. "He didn't mean no harm."