Salt Lake City:
Officials say a school teacher who was carrying a concealed firearm at school accidentally shot herself in the leg when the weapon discharged in a faculty bathroom.
School officials say the gun went off shortly before class started Thursday at Westbrook Elementary School, in the Salt Lake City suburb of Taylorsville. He says the teacher was severely injured when the bullet entered and exited her leg, and she was rushed to the hospital.
No other faculty or students were nearby.
Officials are investigating how the gun discharged.
Horsley wouldn't release details about the woman, but he says she was carrying the weapon legally with a concealed firearm permit.
Utah state law allows teachers and anyone else licensed to carry concealed weapons to wear a gun in a public school.