At least 12 hurt by pepper spray at NW Side elementary school

Chicago police said an aerosol substance was accidentally sprayed shortly after 3 p.m. at the school, 5411 W. Fullerton Ave.

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Hanson Park Elementary School, 5411 W. Fullerton Ave.

At least a dozen people were injured by pepper spray May 22 at Hanson Park Elementary School, 5411 W. Fullerton Ave.

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At least a dozen people were injured by pepper spray Wednesday at Hanson Park Elementary School on the Northwest Side.

Chicago police said an aerosol substance was accidentally sprayed by a 12-year-old boy shortly after 3 p.m. at the school, 5411 W. Fullerton Ave.

Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said the substance was pepper spray and that it injured one adult and 11 children. They were taken to Community First Medical Center, Norwegian American Hospital and West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park.

The children were all in good condition, while the adult was in fair-to-serious condition, Merritt said.

Police said 12 children and one adult were taken to hospitals for evaluation.

This is the latest in a series of aerosol discharges that have injured dozens of students at Chicago schools since last month. Fifteen students were hurt by pepper spray last week at Fairfield Elementary Academy in Chicago Lawn.

Six of the incidents have occurred at Morgan Park High School, the most recent of which left 11 students hurt on May 8.

Eleven students were also injured last week when pepper spray was discharged on a grade school bus in north suburban Maine Township.

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