A 14-year-old girl shot and wounded a fellow student at Alpine High School in rural West Texas on Thursday and then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Brewster County sheriff told reporters.


The wounded girl, thought to be 16, was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive. No names have been released and no motive has been given for the incident in the town of about 6,000 people, Sheriff Ronny Dodson said.

The shooter is thought to have moved to Alpine, about 200 miles southeast of El Paso, with her family about six months ago, Dodson said. The girl was found dead in a bathroom and a pistol was recovered nearby.

“It’s not supposed to happen here. It has got us all in shock. This is Alpine. It is a peaceful place to live and come,” Dodson said, adding, “it could have been a lot worse.”

The shootings prompted an evacuation of the high school and other schools were put on lockdown. Video on local media showed students consoling each other.

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