Police: Teen, officers exchange gunfire at middle school
RICHMOND, Ind. — A 14-year-old boy who arrived at an Indiana middle school Thursday morning that was already on lockdown after a tip about potential violence shot out glass in a locked door and entered the school before exchanging gunfire with officers inside, authorities said.
The boy, who police said died inside the school from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, wasn’t a current student at Dennis Intermediate School in Richmond, said Indiana State Police Capt. Dave Bursten.
Bursten did not release additional information on the suspect or the weapon he used, but he said officials are extremely grateful that someone alerted them about the potential for violence.
That tip meant the school was on lockdown when the teen arrived around 8:20 a.m., Bursten said.