Schoolboy, 14, shoots principal before turning handgun on himself

A HEAVILY armed 14-year-old boy shot his school principal inside a crowded school cafe yesterday morning, then killed himself, authorities said.

Schoolboy, 14, shoots principal before turning handgun on himself

The shootings happened about 15 minutes before the start of classes at the Red Lion Area Junior High School, about 30 miles south-east of Harrisburg in south-central Pennsylvania.

The eighth-grader had multiple weapons and fired at least two shots with a handgun, said Red Lion Borough Police Chief Walt Hughes. The principal, identified by school district officials as Eugene Segro, was transported to a hospital in critical condition, police said.

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