The ever-changing narrative.
Via Fox News:
The handgun that a 12-year-old middle school girl brought into her classroom on Thursday went off accidentally from inside her backpack, police said Friday.
It’s not yet clear how the weapon actually discharged.
The episode occurred at Salvador B. Castro Middle School in Los Angeles and the suspect – who has not been named – was taken into custody minutes later.
Investigators are working to determine how the girl got hold of the semi-automatic handgun and why she brought it with her to school, Los Angeles police spokesman Josh Rubenstein said.
Earlier Friday it was reported that the girl allegedly thought that the gun was a toy.
Jordan Valenzuela, 12, one of the suspect’s classmates, said the girl was crying after the gun went off and insisted it was an accident.
“She was like: ‘I didn’t mean to. I had the gun in my backpack and I didn’t know it was loaded and my backpack fell and the gun went off,'” Valenzuela told The Associated Press. He added that he saw a hole in her backpack, which she was holding.
The suspect reportedly asked him to hide the gun for her but he said he refused. “Then I moved away from her because I was a little bit scared.”