Authorities say a student shot himself in the head at a Louisiana middle school after he fired at a teacher and missed.

Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre says the 15-year-old student fired one shot Monday inside a classroom at Larose-Cut Off Middle School. He then went into a bathroom and shot himself.

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