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A student accidentally shot himself Friday morning around 8:30 a.m. at Southside High School, and now he and another student are facing charges, according to the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.GCSO Lt. James Beaver said the wounded boy and 17-year-old Braylin D’Andre Scott were in possession of the weapon. He said both will be charged with unlawful possession of a weapon, disturbing schools and carrying a weapon on school property. Scott is charged as an adult. Beaver said the injured boy will be charged as a juvenile, so his name is not being released.Scott's bond was set at $12,500.It is not yet clear which of the students brought the gun into the school Beaver said, but he clarified that Scott did not discharge the weapon.Superintendent Burke Royster said that bringing a gun on campus results in a mandatory one year expulsion.NOW Poll school metal detectorsTo see pictures from the morning, click here. Angela Little, the aunt of a student who was inside the cafeteria, spoke to WYFF News 4's Allyson Powell."She was inside the cafeteria near the table with the student was shot. They heard the sound. She saw the student. I guess he was holding his stomach and immediately she knew he had been shot. People started running out of the office and other places and by this time they're separating everybody, and it was just chaos," Little said. A Southside High sophomore told News 4 that she was sitting at a cafeteria table with the boy and his brother. She said the boy was showing his brother a small handgun he had in his jacket pocket, and he mentioned that the gun’s safety was off. (NOTE: Deputies have not yet confirmed the relationship between the boys.) The girl said that when the bell rang, the boy tried to engage the safety on the gun while it was in his pocket and it went off. She said the boy and his brother ran from the table, but the boy was having difficulty, so a teacher helped him into the bathroom.The girl told News 4 that the boy who had the gun was shot in the buttocks last summer in Nicholtown and had to undergo surgery, but officials have not confirmed that information. To hear more reaction from parents, click here. Drew Pinciaro with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office said that the situation was under control just before 10 a.m. and authorities were not searching for a shooter. Pinciaro said the incident was isolated and there were no additional threats. He said law enforcement cleared the campus.Dismissal and parent/guardian pick up at Southside High began just after 11 a.m., according to Brotherton. Video on deputies on the roof of the school with guns drawn | School officials gives update on student shot at Southside High School | Video from scene near school | Sky 4 video from sceneBrotherton said the shooting happened in the cafeteria. She said the student was taken to the hospital and that he was conscious and talking. Lockdowns at Blythe Elementary, Grove Elementary and MT Anderson Support Center were lifted by 11:30 a.m. Thomas E. Kerns Elementary administrators were told by law enforcement that they were cleared, but they chose to stay on partial lockdown and did not allow students out for recess.Brotherton said Greenville County schools do not have permanent metal detectors, but they have portable detectors that can be used when or if they are necessary. She said Greenville schools partner with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office and six municipal police departments to provide roving patrol officers to all elementary schools, and there are school resource officers at all high schools and middle schools. Royster commended the principal, faculty, staff, students and community of Southside High for "conducting themselves in exemplary fashion." He said the shooting is "a tragedy, but we are relieved it was not worse."