A male student at a parochial high school in Ohio pulled out a gun and shot himself this morning in an apparent suicide attempt.

Yahoo News says the youth was taken to the hospital, and there appeared to no threat to other students. The school, La Salle High, was immediately put on lockdown as a precaution. The shooting occurred during first period.

According to La Salle's director of community development, the student "is fighting for his life."

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