Shots fired in student suicide in Coweta middle school

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A freshman student committed suicide Monday morning at a Coweta public school in Oklahoma, the BA Ledger reported.

The superintendent confirmed a ninth grader died of a self-inflicted gunshot in a school bathroom, according to News On 6

No other students or teachers have been reported injured. 

FOX23 reported Lt. Donnie Krumshiek with the Coweta Police Department saying the school "did an outstanding job going into immediate lock down."

There will be a Coweta School news conference later today.

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