A St. Josaphat Parish School employee has been arrested for having their gun accidentally fire inside the school on Milwaukee's south-side, grazing a 10-year-old student more than two weeks ago.

Thankfully, Milwaukee police say the bullet didn’t penetrate the child’s skin.

The accidental shooting happened on April 5, however the Milwaukee Police Department said they weren’t notified by the school until last week. Police said a St. Josaphat employee brought a gun inside the school on that day and somehow the gun discharged. A bullet grazed a student leaving a bruise.



Parents of students received a letter in the mail notifying them of the incident. A family told TODAY'S TMJ4 they didn’t get the letter until this past weekend, roughly 15 days after the incident.

12-year-old student Kaythlyn Matute recalls hearing the gunfire in the school. She claims it fired in the school’s gym while she was in a classroom.

"It sounded like a gun, I knew it was a gun, but they said it was a ball that exploded," Matute said in reference to teachers. "They probably knew about it, but didn’t want to tell us so we didn’t get scared, but they should have told (us) the same day."

TODAY'S TMJ4 asked a St. Josaphat official why it took so long for them to report this incident to police, but he declined to comment. St. Josaphat School said the employee in question has been fired.

The Milwaukee Police Department said the suspect is expected to be criminally charged in the coming days.