A Rockwood police officer accidentally fired a live round of ammunition during a blank fire drill at Rockwood Middle School. During the drill, teachers, staff, and school personnel are locked in a classroom with the police chief while an officer fires blank rounds in the hallway. A live round was fired instead.
Rockwood Police Chief Danny Wright told WBIR, “Nobody was ever in any danger.”
No students were in the building at the time because Thursday was an in-service day for teachers. Officials also locked the doors to the school so no one mistakenly wandered in.