Myrtle Beach, S.C. (AHN) -- Students at a high school in Myrtle Beach franatically started calling their parents after they heard a gunshot in the school. The noise came after a senior student named Damien Singleton shot himself in the leg Thursday during a marine science class.

The 18-year-old student was taken to a hospital where doctors operated on his leg but there have been questions over how he got the gun inside the school's classroom.

WPOE-TV quotes Corey Guerrera, a student at the high school, as saying, "I heard the gun shot and someone scream and cuss, and then my class went to a back closet, and they said lock down, and we stayed in there 40 minutes."

Authorities are looking into the matter to find out if the school premises were safe. The injured student is an athlete at Myrtle Beach High School and has participated widely in football basketball matches.

However, no one else was hurt in the accident. The school authrorities have urged the parents to keep a check on their kids to determine if they are not bringing any dangerougs stuff to school.

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