A juvenile was shot in the hand at Pillans Middle School on Monday evening while a community organization held a private event on the schools' campus.

Mobile County Public School System Spokeswoman Rena Philips confirmed the incident and said that the Dauphin Island Parkway Celtics basketball team were using the Pillans Middle School facility when a fight broke out between two adults.

One of the adults had a gun and during the struggle the two adults fell to the floor. A gun that one of the adult's had discharged during the fight and grazed the juvenile's hand with a bullet. The child was taken to a local hospital for to be treated for the injury.

Philips stated that the child who was shot was not a Pillans Middle School student. She also stated that the MCPSS does rent out school facilities to community groups for private events to be held when classes are not in session.

At this time the Mobile Police Department has not released any additional details on the incident.