HARRAH — An 11-year-old student has been suspended from school after shooting a classmate with a pellet gun.

The boy fired the toy gun from close range, hitting a classmate in the back of the head with a plastic pellet, Harrah Police Chief Eddie Holland said this morning. The victim was not injured.

The incident took place on a school bus Thursday morning, Holland said.

The 11-year-old was detained by police after the incident and later released to his mother.