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05-04-2007, 02:01 PM
Matagorda Co. High School Placed on Lockdown After Suicide
Last Edited: Friday, 04 May 2007, 12:13 PM CDT
Created: Friday, 04 May 2007, 10:45 AM CDT
Elmaton, Texas
Tidehaven High School in Matagorda County was placed under a lockdown Friday morning after an apparent suicide at the school.
A spokesperson for the sheriff's department told FOX 26 news the body of a 15-year-old female student was discovered in a restroom at the school just before 8:30 a.m.
Investigators believe the girl shot herself using a gun she brought into the school under her clothing. A school official says there are no metal detectors at the school.
Matagorda County Sheriff James Mitchell told FOX 26 News the gun used in the shooting belonged to a relative of the student.
No other students were injured in the shooting, and no one else was in the restroom at the time. Officials allowed parents to pick their children up as the lockdown continued Friday morning.
Counselors have been called into the school from neighboring districts to assist students in the grieving process.
Tidehaven High School is located about 70 miles southwest of Houston in Elmaton, Texas. The district's website says 274 students are enrolled in the school.
Last Edited: Friday, 04 May 2007, 12:13 PM CDT
Created: Friday, 04 May 2007, 10:45 AM CDT
Elmaton, Texas
Tidehaven High School in Matagorda County was placed under a lockdown Friday morning after an apparent suicide at the school.
A spokesperson for the sheriff's department told FOX 26 news the body of a 15-year-old female student was discovered in a restroom at the school just before 8:30 a.m.
Investigators believe the girl shot herself using a gun she brought into the school under her clothing. A school official says there are no metal detectors at the school.
Matagorda County Sheriff James Mitchell told FOX 26 News the gun used in the shooting belonged to a relative of the student.
No other students were injured in the shooting, and no one else was in the restroom at the time. Officials allowed parents to pick their children up as the lockdown continued Friday morning.
Counselors have been called into the school from neighboring districts to assist students in the grieving process.
Tidehaven High School is located about 70 miles southwest of Houston in Elmaton, Texas. The district's website says 274 students are enrolled in the school.