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Police say a high school student shot himself while in the back of a patrol car after being arrested earlier on suspicion of taking a gun to his Houston-area campus. News 92 FM’s Matt Sampsell has more:

UPDATE:

A school district spokesman says a high school student who shot himself while handcuffed in the back of a patrol car after being taking into custody at his Houston-area campus had told a friend he might hurt himself.

Police say they’re investigating how the gun the student shot himself with wasn’t found before he was put in the vehicle Wednesday.

Galena Park school district spokesman Jonathan Frey says deputies picked up the 17-year-old Wednesday morning after he’d texted a friend that he wanted to hurt himself.

The student was detained, handcuffed and placed in the back of the car. But Frey says the student retrieved a “hidden gun” and shot himself.

The unidentified student was conscious when taken to a hospital and was in critical but stable condition Wednesday evening.

Associated Press

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Capt. Jon Moore with the Harris County Precinct 3 constable’s office says deputies were called to the campus of North Shore High School around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday after reports of a student possibly having a weapon on campus.

The student was detained, handcuffed and placed in the back of a patrol car.

Moore says the student somehow got a firearm and then shot himself in the back of the head.

Officials with the Galena Park school district say the student, whose name was not released, was conscious when he was taken to a Houston hospital.

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