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Girl hospitalized after shooting self on school bus in St. Petersburg

Tony Marrero, Tampa Bay Times on

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A 13-year-old girl was hospitalized Tuesday after she shot herself on a school bus in St. Petersburg, police said.

The shooting happened when the bus was near the intersection of 49th Street North and 18th Avenue North, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department.

Pinellas County’s 911 call site shows the call came in at 9:22 a.m.

The girl was taken to Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition, according to police. No other students were injured.

 

Police said the girl brought the gun onto the bus. Investigators were working to determine whether the self-inflicted gunshot wound was accidental and where the girl got the gun, police said.

There were 20 students on the bus that was headed to Tyrone Middle School at the time, according to police.


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