A California teacher who also serves as a reserve police officer reportedly injured three students on Tuesday after he accidentally fired his weapon during a lesson on gun safety.<\/p>\n
Dennis Alexander was about to show the class how to disarm someone when he pointed his gun at the ceiling to make sure it wasn’t loaded, local NBC affiliate KSBW 8 reported.<\/p>\n
It was, in fact, loaded, and Alexander accidentally fired a shot into the ceiling. When the bullet fragments ricocheted, some of them flew into the neck of one 17-year-old student, his father told the TV station.<\/p>\n
“He’s shaken up, but he’s going to be okay,” Fermin Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n
“It’s the craziest thing \u2026 It could have been very bad.”<\/p>\n
Gonzalez said he only learned about the accident when his son came home with blood on his clothing and the bullet fragments still embedded in his neck.<\/p>\n
Alexander apologized for the incident, and both the Seaside High School and the Sand City Police Department quickly placed him on administrative leave. Police are investigating the matter.<\/p>\n
“I have concerns about why he was displaying a loaded firearm in a classroom. We will be looking into that,” Sand City police chief Brian Ferrante told KSBW.<\/p>\n
The incident underscores one of the main concerns expressed by critics of President Donald Trump’s recent proposal to arm certain teachers and eliminate “gun-free zones.”<\/p>\n
Opponents argue that even people with the most extensive firearms training could make a mistake that turns fatal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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