PHILADELPHIA - A massive police presence responded to a Philadelphia public school on Friday after officials say a student shot himself in the leg in the school gymnasium.Authorities were called to the Philadelphia Learning Academy on the 4300 block of Westminster Avenue around noon. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESSergeant Eric Gripp of the Philadelphia Police Department said an 18-year-old student shot himself once in the left leg in the gymnasium.
The student was taken to an area hospital in stable condition, according to Gripp. Police and SWAT officers have not yet found the gun that was involved in the shooting, police said.