Mother charged after loaded gun goes off in student's backpack

A Chicago mom faces misdemeanor charges after her child brought a loaded gun to school and it was accidentally discharged in a backpack, police said.

The mother of a Chicago student faces child endangerment charges after the student brought a loaded gun to school in a backpack and the weapon accidentally discharged, police said.

The incident occurred at Walt Disney Magnet School on the city’s North Side shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Chicago Police Department.

"The weapon accidentally discharged in the backpack while inside a classroom, with a bullet striking the ground and ricocheting, resulting in a classmate being grazed in the abdomen," the department said in a statement.

The classmate was taken to a local hospital in "good condition," the department said. Information on the ages of the students involved was not given.