Child hospitalized after gun goes off in Anne Arundel Co. elementary school

A Maryland child is in the hospital Thursday morning after what police are calling an “accidental discharge” of a firearm inside a school in Anne Arundel County.

The incident took place inside a classroom at Freetown Elementary School in Glen Burnie.

According to authorities, the child with the weapon injured his hand when the discharge occurred.

A teacher took possession of the firearm and rendered aid to the student, a police spokesperson said. None of the other children in the classroom were injured.