A recent spate of violence and dangerous activity in and around several Baltimore City schools continued Thursday when an 8-year-old third-grader brought a 22-caliber handgun to Grove Park Elementary School in Northwest Baltimore ? and the weapon accidentally fired.

Baltimore City public school officials said no one was injured after the revolver went off in a classroom in the afternoon.

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