Indiana Teachers Shot with Pellets in School Drill; Union: Teacher Wounds Included Welts, Bleeding

The Indiana State Teachers Association said today (March 22, 2019) that several groups of four teachers at a time were led into a room, told to kneel and then were shot with a pellet gun "execution style" and injured during an active shooter training at an Indiana elementary school in January, according to the Huffpost website.

The association revealed the violent training tactic, which took place at the Meadowlawn Elementary School in Monticello, while testifying to end the practice in House Bill 1004, which addresses school safety, before the state's Senate Education Committee.

The teachers' injuries in the training included welts and bleeding, the union said. About 30 teachers were involved in the training.

"They told us, 'This is what happens if you just cower and do nothing,'" one teacher told the IndyStar. "They shot all of us across our backs. I was hit four times... It hurt so bad."