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School shooter in Monterrey has died of wounds

The teen, suffering from depression, injured three students and a teacher and then he shot himself in the head

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18/01/2017 |13:00Newsroom |
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Mexican authorities announced that the 15-year-old student that opened fire at a private school in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey on Wednesday morning has died of wounds.

The teen, suffering from depression, injured three students and a teacher and then he shot himself. 

A school video showed the male middle-school student first shot the 24-year-old teacher, then shot a 14-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy in the head, and a 15-year-old classmate in the arm. He then pointed the gun at classmates before shooting himself in the head. 

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Nuevo León state Gov. Jaime Rodríguez said three victims with head wounds were "fighting between life and death." The boy wounded in the arm was out of danger.