An investigation is underway after an officer accidentally fired a gun and hit a student at South Vermillion High School. According to police, the shooting happened just after 9:30 Thursday morning. There was a class teaching students how to be officers. Participants in the classroom were doing a drill about a scenario with a so-called "bad guy." Indiana State Police identified the deputy as Tim DisPennett, a 19-year veteran with the Vermillion County Sheriff's Office. Police say a DisPennett accidentally fired his service weapon and hit a student. The student went to a Terre Haute hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.