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    Police shoot and kill student at Texas middle school

    Jan 04, 2012

    Police shoot and kill student at Texas school

    By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY Updated 31m ago

    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.

    Update at 11:27 a.m. ET: Brownsville police Detective J.J. Trevino says officers found the student with a handgun in a hallway and shot him, the Associated Press reports.

    Update at 11:17 a.m. ET: The newspaper, quoting Justice of the Peace Kip V. Johnson Hodge, reports that the suspect was an eighth-grade student at the school.

    Original post: 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.

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    Armed Texas eighth-grader shot and killed by police

    Armed Texas eighth-grader shot and killed by police

    By the CNN Wire Staff
    updated 1:25 PM EST, Wed January 4, 2012

    Police shot and killed an armed 15-year-old student Wednesday at a Brownsville, Texas, middle school.

    (CNN) -- A 15-year-old student was shot and killed by police after he brandished a weapon in the hallways of a south Texas middle school, officials said Wednesday.

    "The student engaged the officers and was shot," the Brownsville Police Department said in a statement.

    An ambulance was called, and it rushed the student to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to Israel Tapia, a spokesman for Cameron County Justice of the Peace Kip V. Johnson Hodge.

    No other students or employees were injured.

    School officials and students have since been sent to a nearby high school gymnasium while authorities investigate.

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    Police Shoot, Kill Teenager Holding Pellet Gun in Texas Middle School

    Police Shoot, Kill Teenager Holding Pellet Gun in Texas Middle School

    Published January 04, 2012
    Associated Press

    BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Police say the weapon a Texas eighth-grader pointed at officers in a school hallway before they killed him was a pellet gun that looked like a real handgun.

    Interim Brownsville Police Chief Orlando Rodriguez says 15-year-old Jaime Gonzalez had "plenty of opportunities" to lower the weapon but "didn't want to."

    Rodriguez says two officers fired three shots and struck Gonzalez at least twice.

    Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy.

    Rodriguez says that before the confrontation with police, Gonzalez walked into a Cummings Middle School classroom and punched another boy in the nose. He says he doesn't know why Gonzalez brandished the weapon but that the initial call to police said a student had a gun.

    The Cummings Middle School student, who police did not immediately identify but whose godmother identified him as 15-year-old Jaime Gonzalez, was spotted holding the weapon in the school at about 8 a.m., shortly first period classes began, district officials said. School administrators quickly called police and ordered the lockdown.

    As teachers locked their classroom doors and turned off the lights, some frightened students climbed under their desks for comfort. They could hear police charge down the hallway and shout "put down the gun." Then several shots, three of them, most students said.

    The officers shot the boy after he pointed the gun at them, Brownsville police detective J.J. Trevino told The Associated Press. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

    "It's still under investigation, as far as how he came about to bringing the weapon or if he encountered anybody or anything else," Trevino said. The district issued a statement backing the police version of events, and police scheduled a news conference for later Wednesday to discuss the case.

    Norma Leticia Navarro, the boy's godmother, told The Associated Press she couldn't imagine why he would have brought a gun to school.

    "Jaime was not a bad kid, and I wish I could ask him why he did that, why did you put yourself in that position?"

    Still, she said she understood that police were doing their job, but she expressed frustration that a child was killed and wondered if something else could have been done.

    "I'm not saying he was perfect or an angel, but he was a very giving person."

    She said both of his parents work, and that his stepmother raised him from infancy and was very strict with him.

    With police and district officials saying little about the shooting in its immediate aftermath, those details that did trickle out came mainly from students at the 750-pupil school.

    Jade Rodriguez, an 11-year-old sixth-grader, said the ordeal was terrifying.

    "I was nervous. I was under the desk," she said. Administrators said the school would be closed on Thursday but that students could attend classes at a nearby elementary school if they wished. Jade said she too afraid and would stay home.

    Robert Valle, 13, said he heard police running and yelling "put the gun down" before the gunfire erupted.

    Gina Rangel, 14, was in her first period class in the gym when the school went on lockdown. She said friends who were closer to the shooting said the boy was near the cafeteria and had said he was going to kill everyone.

    "I am worried (about the school's safety) because if this happened once, kids imitate," said her mother Irma Rangel.

    As word of the shooting spread quickly through the city, which is on Texas' southern tip and is beset by spillover violence from Mexico's drug war, frantic parents rushed to reach their children.

    Those who got their early on were able to retrieve their frightened children, but some who arrived later found the street outside the school lined with squad cars and blocked off. About two hours after the shooting, dozens of frustrated parents and relatives flooded out of the park pavilion without their children after school officials announced that all remaining children had been bused to a high school and could be picked up there.

    Julie Tomalenas waited for an hour to pick up her 13-year-old sister before being told of the relocation.

    "It was very stressful not knowing if she was OK, where she was, when we could see her again," Tomalenas said.

    The lockdown was lifted about two hours after the shooting, but the students and employees were relocated while officers investigated at the school, Brown said.

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    Brownsville, Texas School Shooting Death Rocks Latino City

    Brownsville, Texas School Shooting Death Rocks Latino City

    Published January 04, 2012
    Fox News Latino

    A middle school in Brownsville, Texas, a border city with a nearly 93 percent Latino population, is in shock after officers shot and killed an eighth-grade student who pointed a handgun at them, Brownsville police detective J.J. Trevino said.

    The 15-year-old, whose name police and district officials didn't immediately release, was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

    The morning bell had rung and students were settling into their first period classes Wednesday when a voice broke in over the public address system: Cummings Middle School was on lockdown.

    As teachers initiated the school's emergency procedures, locking their classroom doors, turning off the lights, drawing the shades, and calming their confused and worried charges, some students took comfort by climbing under their desks. One boy said he heard police officers charge down the hallway and shout "put down the gun." Then shots, three of them, most students said.

    The eight grade student was shot and killed.

    Investigators were trying to determine why the boy had the gun at school and whether he fired any shots, Trevino said.

    "It's still under investigation, as far as how he came about to bringing the weapon or if he encountered anybody or anything else," he said. Police scheduled a news conference for later Wednesday to discuss the case.

    News of the incident spread quickly through this border city on Texas' southern tip, and frantic parents rushed to the downtown school to find their children.

    Jade Rodríguez, an 11-year-old sixth-grader, said the experience was frightening.

    "I was nervous. I was under the desk," she said. Administrators said the school would be closed on Thursday but that students could attend classes at a nearby elementary school if they wished. Jade said she too afraid and would stay home.

    With police and district officials saying little about the shooting in its immediate aftermath, those details that did trickle out came mainly from students at the 750-pupil school.

    Robert Valle, 13, said he heard police running and yelling "put the gun down" before the gunfire erupted.

    Gina Rangel, 14, was in her first period class in the gym when the school went on lockdown. She said friends who were closer to the shooting said the boy was near the cafeteria and had said he was going to kill everyone.

    "I am worried (about the school's safety) because if this happened once, kids imitate," said her mother Irma Rangel.

    District officials said administrators were quick to call police after the student brandished the handgun at around 8 a.m., shortly after first period classes began. Drue Brown, a district spokeswoman, issued a statement in which she said the officers shot the student after he "engaged" them.

    Parents and family members who got to the school quickest were able to retrieve their frightened children, but some who arrived later found the street outside the school lined with squad cars and blocked off. About two hours after the shooting, dozens of frustrated parents and relatives flooded out of the park pavilion without their children after school officials announced that all remaining children had been bused to a high school and could be picked up there.

    Julie Tomalenas waited for an hour to pick up her 13-year-old sister before being told of the relocation.

    "It was very stressful not knowing if she was OK, where she was, when we could see her again," Tomalenas said.

    The lockdown was lifted about two hours after the shooting, but the students and employees were relocated while officers investigated at the school, Brown said.

    Trevino said investigators hadn't determined whether the student fired any shots, and he said officers had no information on why the student might have had the gun on him.

    "It's still under investigation, as far as how he came about to bringing the weapon or if he encountered anybody or anything else," Trevino said.

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