A junior high school student at a Cleburne County school shot and killed himself in the restroom of the school’s cafeteria, school officials and law enforcement said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference.
During a 5 p.m. press conference, authorities said the student was a 14-year-old 8th grader at the school.
Concord Police Chief Willie Baker said at the press conference that the student’s body will be sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an autopsy.
“It is believed at this time that this was an isolated incident, but in being thorough, all other students were searched and moved to a more secure area where they were then released to family or taken home on their respective buses,” Baker said. “Bags, lockers and other items were also searched in an effort to confirm that this was an isolated incident.”
Baker said the investigation into the incident is still ongoing.
“On April 24, 2019 at approximately 12:40 p.m., a Concord school faculty member heard what he believed to be a gunshot in the cafeteria bathroom. When he went to check the bathroom, he located a student in the bathroom with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head,” Baker said during the press conference.
The student was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
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