BELLAIRE, Texas ā Police have found the gun they believe a 16-year-old student used to fatally shoot his classmate last week inside a Houston-area high school, officials said.
Police characterized the shooting in an ROTC room at Bellaire High School last Tuesday as an accident.
Teen killed in Texas high school shooting identifiedThe city of Bellaire announced Monday that authorities have recovered the weapon.
Surveillance footage shows arrest of Texas school shooting suspectBartlett said the student had taken the weapon from home, and that it was not school property nor issued by the ROTC.
District Attorney Kim Ogg said the shooter and victim were friends and that there was no sign that they had been fighting before the shooting.