A student in Ohio who shot himself in his school’s bathroom has died from wounds, police said.
The seventh-grader shot himself at Jackson Memorial Middle School around 7:50 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Feb. 20.
The boy was identified as Keith Simons, 13.
Keith had a .22-caliber long gun but investigators aren’t sure yet how he obtained it or was able to bring it into the school. The gun came from his mother’s home.
“It is not a bomb, I can tell you that; [it’s] something you could distract people with for whatever reason,” Brink said during a news conference.
Brink also noted that Keith had brought extra ammunition.
Officers aren’t sure if Keith meant to kill himself or if he was preparing for something else, such as an attack on other students.
The school will remain on alert for the rest of the week.
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