Teacher Whose Gun Fired in Bathroom Charged
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – A Utah school teacher injured when her gun accidentally went off in a faculty bathroom has been charged with a misdemeanor crime and resigned from her position.
Online court records show 39-year-old Michelle Montgomery was charged earlier this month with discharge of a firearm in a prohibited area within city limits. An arraignment has been set for Nov. 5.
Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley said Montgomery was facing discipline for violating school policy but was not fired. He said Montgomery informed the district Thursday she would not be coming back to her position as a sixth-grade teacher at Westbrook Elementary School.
No listed phone number for Ferguson-Montgomery was available. She doesn’t appear to have an attorney yet.
She was carrying her gun legally with a concealed-firearm permit when it happened Sept. 11.