Staff report
February 17, 2014
Paramedics take students out of the Chicago Military Academy on South Giles Avenue in Chicago on Monday, after pepper spray was sprayed inside the building. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune / February 17, 2014)
No one was seriously injured but 20 people were taken to hospitals for observation after a student released pepper spray in a classroom at Chicago Military Academy, officials said.
An Emergency Medical Services Plan 1 was called around 11:45 a.m. today at the Bronzeville high school at 3519 S. Giles Ave. after a hazardous materials alert was called, according to officials.
A female student was in police custody, News Affairs Officer Michael Sullivan said.
The pepper spray was released in a classroom at the school, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Joe Roccasalva. Nineteen students and one teacher, all listed in good condition, were taken to hospitals to be checked, Roccasalva said.