Child on school bus shot with pellet gun while riding home

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A child riding home from McNair Middle School was injured when someone fired a shot from a pellet gun through a school bus window Thursday.

DeKalb County School District said the bus had pulled into a neighborhood when an unknown person shot the pellet.

One student riding the bus was hit. The school district said it did not know the severity of the injury.

DeKalb Police is investigating, since the person who fired the pellet gun was not on the bus.

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