Classes were cancelled Wed. Sept. 26, 2012 after a shooting near Stillwater Junior High School. Officials confirm one person died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Posted: 09/26/2012
(CNN) -- One person died of a self-inflicted gun shot Wednesday morning at a junior high school in Stillwater, Oklahoma, a city spokeswoman said.
Sherry Fletcher said police confirmed the death. No one else was injured in the shooting at Stillwater Junior High School, she said.
Kjrh.com said that according to officials with the school district, one student shot and killed himself at the Junior High School at 7:50 a.m.
It sad officials have identified the student as 13-year-old Cade Poulos, an eighth grade student.
Students at the school were being moved to another location so parents could pick them up or buses could take them back home, Fletcher said in a statement.
Some schools in the area were under a temporary lockdown after the shooting.
Stillwater is about 70 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.
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