Man shoots Columbus elementary school student with pellet gun during recess
Columbus police are searching for a man who fired a pellet gun and struck a student during morning recess at a Columbus City elementary school, a school district spokesperson said.
The shooting happened Thursday during morning recess at John Burroughs Elementary School on Columbus' West Side.
The unidentified man fired an airsoft pellet gun at the playground, striking a child with a plastic pellet, the spokesperson said. The school brought the children back inside the building, and a school nurse evaluated the student and determined he was not seriously hurt, the spokesperson said.
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Columbus police and school district security responded, and the school remained on a “heightened security level” for the rest of the day.
The man has not been located, the spokesperson said, adding that witnesses couldn't provide a good description of the suspect.
The Columbus Division of Police is investigating the incident.
Clarification: The original headline for this story misstated where the pellet struck the John Burroughs Elementary student. Police and school officials have not indicated where the student was struck.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus elementary student shot with pellet gun during recess
