An accidental shooting in the carpool line at a Birmingham elementary school left a parent injured.

The shooting happened inside a vehicle at Arrington Elementary School, said Sherrel Wheeler Stewart, executive director of Strategy and Communications at Birmingham City Schools.

The school is located on Jefferson Avenue.

Stewart said at no time was there any threat to students or school staff.

Birmingham police Officer Truman Fitzgerald said the shooting happened about 3 p.m. Tuesday.

The parent – an adult male – suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Weapons are prohibited from inside the schools, but there is no law prohibiting them from being in a person’s vehicle in the parking lot.