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Student shoots himself at S. LA middle school
Posted: May 18, 2009 11:00 AM
Updated: May 18, 2009 11:00 AM
LAROSE, LA (AP) - The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office says a student shot himself after shooting at a teacher and missing.
Sgt. Lesley Peters, a sheriff's office spokeswoman, says the student shot at the teacher inside Larose-Cut Off Middle School on Monday, then went behind a stairwell and shot himself in the head.
She says the student has been taken to a hospital.
Peters says the school has been locked down, and all other students are accounted for.
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