No charges will be filed against an Alabama second grader after gun discharged inside the young student’s backpack at a Huntsville elementary school.

Huntsville police on Wednesday said they have finished their investigation in the gun discharge at Challenger Elementary that happened on Feb. 6.

Investigators determined that the firearm discharged while inside the student’s backpack.

The bullet exited the backpack and struck another student’s backpack. The bullet was ultimately stopped by the student’s laptop in their backpack.

The school nurse evaluated the student, who was not injured.

Police said the child was not able to explain how the firearm ended up in the backpack. Further investigation could not determine how the firearm was placed in the backpack either.

The Department of Human Resources was contacted to implement a safety plan and speak with the student’s family.

Police said they consulted with the victim’s family, the Neaves Davis Center, and the Madison County District Attorney’s Office regarding the appropriate legal course of action.

On the day of the incident, HPD filed two criminal case reports: one for unlawful possession of a pistol by a minor and another for reckless endangerment.

The District Attorney’s Office would not issue a warrant for the second-grade student for unlawful possession of a pistol by a minor.

Additionally, the victim’s family has been referred to the Neaves Davis Center regarding the charge of reckless endangerment.

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