Nov 12, 2008 11:30 am US/Eastern
Student Dies After Shooting At Fla. High School
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBS) ―
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A 15 year old girl is reportedly being detained at a nearby Captain Crabs Take-Away restaurant.
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A Ft. Lauderdale police officer examines a small handgun believed to have been in the shooting.
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Doctors were unable to save a 15-year-old Florida high school student who was shot on campus Wednesday morning, according to CBS Station WFOR-TV in Miami.
Broward High School student Amanda Collette, 15, was shot and found unconscious in the hallway near the school's computer lab, police said.
Teah Wimberly, also 15 years of age, was questioned at police headquarters and charged with first-degree murder.
Ft. Lauderdale police spokesman Sgt. Frank Sousa said around 11 a.m., a school resource officer at Dillard High School, at 2501 NW 11th Street, found Collette unconscious in a hallway by the school's computer lab.
Ft. Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel feverishly worked on Collette as they rushed her to Broward General Medical Center. She died a short time later at the hospital.
At about the same time Collette was found in the hallway, Sousa said police received a call from the suspected shooter at a Captain Crabs Take-Away near the school, at 2431 W. Sunrise Boulevard. Arriving police officers took the 15-year-old Wimberly into custody. They also recovered a small caliber handgun.
A helicopter over the scene spotted police examining the small handgun before placing it into an evidence bag.
The lock down on the school was lifted shortly before noon.
"This is the time in the life of a Superintendent, School Board and school district that you absolutely never want to live through," said Broward County Schools Superintendent Jim Notter. "On behalf of the School Board and school district we are devastated by what happened today. We will be doing a thorough investigation in conjunction with the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department, certainly analyzing all our present programs along with our intervention programs."
Notter said police investigators believe the shooting was an isolated incident between the two girls and no other students were in danger. Notter confirmed that investigators believe the shooting took place on school grounds.
"We have security cameras throughout the school," Notter said, "Obviously we will be going through all the tapes."
"Our hearts and our prayers go out to the victim's family," said Notter.
As for why the shooting took place, Notter said it still hasn't been determined.
Dillard has about 1,700 students. They don't pass through metal detectors, but officers are stationed on campus.
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