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03-08-2007, 12:59 PM
10:05 PM CST on Wednesday, March 7, 2007
By RICHARD ABSHIRE / The Dallas Morning News
rabshire@dallasnews.com
A 16-year-old student fatally shot himself at Greenville High School before the start of classes Wednesday.
The shooting took place in an instrument storage room off the band hall about 7:15 a.m., according to officials in the district 50 miles northeast of downtown Dallas.
MIKE STONE / Special to DMN
Some parents picked up their students from Greenville High School after Wednesday's shooting. Superintendent Lloyd Graham said other students were in the band hall but not in the instrument room. None saw the shooting, but they heard a noise, found the student on the floor and thought he had fallen and hit his head, Mr. Graham said. An assistant principal and nurse who were summoned found the wound.
The student, whose name and grade weren't released, was taken to Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville, where he died before 8 a.m. Officials didn't say where he had gotten the handgun.
"Our prayers are with the child's family, both immediate and extended, here at school and throughout the community," Mr. Graham said.
About 100 parents rushed to the school as word of the shooting spread, resulting in an auto accident in front of the school that sent one person to a hospital with minor injuries, the Greenville Herald Banner reported.
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Boy shoots his ex, self near school District officials gave parents the option of letting their children go home, and the school closed early, at 1:30 p.m., because so many students had left, district spokesman Brad Press said.
Mr. Graham said counselors from Greenville and neighboring districts, as well as local ministers, were made available to students who needed them, and a school telephone line was to be staffed until 10 p.m. for counseling.
"We need our children to know they are in a safe and secure environment," Mr. Graham said.
Greenville High has about 1,200 ninth- through 12th-graders.
By RICHARD ABSHIRE / The Dallas Morning News
rabshire@dallasnews.com
A 16-year-old student fatally shot himself at Greenville High School before the start of classes Wednesday.
The shooting took place in an instrument storage room off the band hall about 7:15 a.m., according to officials in the district 50 miles northeast of downtown Dallas.
MIKE STONE / Special to DMN
Some parents picked up their students from Greenville High School after Wednesday's shooting. Superintendent Lloyd Graham said other students were in the band hall but not in the instrument room. None saw the shooting, but they heard a noise, found the student on the floor and thought he had fallen and hit his head, Mr. Graham said. An assistant principal and nurse who were summoned found the wound.
The student, whose name and grade weren't released, was taken to Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville, where he died before 8 a.m. Officials didn't say where he had gotten the handgun.
"Our prayers are with the child's family, both immediate and extended, here at school and throughout the community," Mr. Graham said.
About 100 parents rushed to the school as word of the shooting spread, resulting in an auto accident in front of the school that sent one person to a hospital with minor injuries, the Greenville Herald Banner reported.
Also Online
WFAA-TV's David Schechter reports
Boy shoots his ex, self near school District officials gave parents the option of letting their children go home, and the school closed early, at 1:30 p.m., because so many students had left, district spokesman Brad Press said.
Mr. Graham said counselors from Greenville and neighboring districts, as well as local ministers, were made available to students who needed them, and a school telephone line was to be staffed until 10 p.m. for counseling.
"We need our children to know they are in a safe and secure environment," Mr. Graham said.
Greenville High has about 1,200 ninth- through 12th-graders.