Handcuffed student shoots himself in the head in the back of a police car after officers took him into custody to prevent him hurting himself

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A high school student has shot himself in the back of the head while inside a police car - after officers took him into custody to prevent him hurting himself.

The unidentified teenager from North Shore High School in Houston, Texas survived the shooting and was conscious when he arrived at hospital.

Officers said he became depressed after breaking up with a girlfriend in September, and on Wednesday morning, he texted a fellow student, indicating he intended to hurt himself.

The fellow student alerted campus officials, and they found the troubled teenager in a restroom at the high school, Click2Houston reported.

He appeared to be mentally unstable, and it took two deputy constables to remove him from the restroom, officials said.

 

He was taken into custody for his own safety and a deputy constable searched and handcuffed the student and put him into the back of a patrol car.

While handcuffed in the moving car, the student retrieved a gun that had been hidden beneath his t-shirt and shot himself in the back of the head.

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