A student at Rangeview High School in Aurora, Colo. received what police described as a “significant injury” on Monday upon being accidentally shot in the school’s parking lot.
According to Denver TV station KMGH, the student was wounded when a school employee who was giving the student a ride home. The employee accidentally discharged a gun while trying to put it into the glove box of the car. The man was carrying the weapon because, in addition to working at the school, he also worked another job as an armed security guard.
After the shooting, the man drove the student to a hospital. The student underwent surgery and is reportedly expected to survive. It is not immediately clear whether charges will be filed against the man who shot the student, KMGH reported.
