Student Shot In The Leg At Redland Middle School Near Miami (VIDEO)

A teenage student was shot in the leg at a middle school south of Miami Friday afternoon, sending the campus into lockdown.

Miami-Dade Police said investigators were questioning a classmate who allegedly brought the firearm inside a backpack to Redland Middle School in Homestead.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools spokesman John Schuster told NBC6 he believes the gun was fired accidentally, striking a boy in the leg.

The victim, who was not identified, was airlifted to Miami Children’s Hospital where he is reportedly in stable condition.

The school was placed on a “code red” lockdown, with children kept inside until about half an hour after normal dismissal.

“It’s not pretty to know that’s happening here,” a mother who arrived on scene after a text from her son told WSVN.

The Redland incident is not Homestead’s first student shooting this year. In November, 13-year-old Lourdes Guzman was fatally shot in front of her little sister on board a school bus after a classmate carried a handgun on board.