A student at South Vermillion County High School in Clinton, Ind., has been accidentally shot by a sheriff's deputy.
Indiana State Police said the shooting occurred at around 9:30 a.m. Thursday as Deputy Tim DisPennett was speaking to a vocational law enforcement class, reports Vermillion County First.
Authorities say DisPennett accidentally discharged his gun and wounded a high school senior.
The student was taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries
Dave Chapman, superintendent of the South Vermillion (Ind.) district, said the student was grazed by the bullet.
DisPennett, a 19-year veteran of the department, was placed on administrative leave.
South Vermillion County High School is about 15 miles north of Terre Haute.
