Texas: Gun-wielding Youth Shot, Killed At School
Young Male with a Gun shot and Killed at Texas School
Police in Brownsville, Texas, today shot and killed a young male, apparently a student, who was brandishing a gun at a middle school, the Brownsville Herald reports.
The newspaper says the suspect had “engaged police” around 8 a.m. today but it was not immediately clear if he had also opened fire. The Cummings Middle School was locked down during the ordeal.
There were no injuries, although one other student was detained for questioning, the newspaper says.
According to latest updates, the Herald reports that the suspect was an eighth-grade student at the school. AP reports of a Brownsville police detective stating that officers discovered the student while holding handgun in a hallway and shot him.