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Published On: Mon, Apr 29th, 2013

Ohio high school student attempts suicide in class, alive but in critical condition

An honors student at an all-male Catholic high school tried to commit suicide in his first-period classroom Monday, police said, critically wounding himself with a gunshot and sending other students scrambling for cover.

La Salle High School west of Cincinnati was locked down until after police arrived and determined there was no threat to other students or staff.

photo/Fbi.gov public domain

photo/Fbi.gov public domain

A University of Cincinnati Medical Center spokeswoman reported the unidentified student’s condition as critical Monday afternoon, about six hours after the shooting.

Green Township Police Chief Bart West described the weapon as a semi-automatic handgun. He said police were investigating how the student obtained the gun and how he brought it into the school.

West said there were 22 other students in the classroom, and the episode was over “in a matter of seconds” with no other students injured or apparently threatened. Several students called 911 dispatchers.

“There’s a guy with a gun,” said a student who called on his cellphone from inside a nearby locked room. “We just need police here ….”

“We’re huddled in a corner,” another student said in a call.

There was conflicting information on precisely what time the shooting took place, but school officials said it was during the first class period of the day.

Hospital spokeswoman Diana Maria Lara released a statement from the boy’s parents thanking people for their thoughts and prayers while asking for privacy “so that we can do what we need to for our son and family.”

They praised the hospital medical staff’s “heroic efforts.”

West said the student apparently was trying to kill himself, but he had no information on why. School officials described him as an honors student and didn’t know of any threats to school or any other students.

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