15-Year-Old Boy Shot, Killed at Arkansas Junior High School

15-Year-Old Boy Shot, Killed at Arkansas Junior High School
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PINE BLUFF, Ark.—A 15-year-old boy shot and killed a fellow student at an Arkansas junior high school Monday morning and has been detained in a juvenile detention facility, authorities said.

The shooting happened in a hallway at Watson Chapel Junior High School as students were switching classes at about 10 a.m., Pine Bluff Police Chief Kelvin Sergeant said. The school is in the city of Pine Bluff, about 40 miles southeast of Little Rock.