A 15-year-old boy who was shot Monday at a junior high school in Pine Bluff, 阿肯色州, 因受伤而死亡, 警察说.
周三傍晚该少年被宣告死亡。, Pine Bluff police said in a prepared statement.
Monday’s shooting happened at Watson Chapel Junior High in Pine Bluff, a city of about 43,000 people located about a 45-mile drive southeast of Little Rock.
A suspect — also a 15-year-old boy who was a student there — was taken into custody Monday after being found hiding behind a house near the school, 警察说.
A motive wasn’t immediately known to investigators, Pine Bluff Police Chief Kelvin Sergeant said on Monday.
The suspect was being held Monday in the juvenile justice center in Pine Bluff, 当局说. Formal charges had not been filed as of Monday.
The school was to reopen for classes Thursday, following two days of virtual instruction, the school system said Wednesday.
