N.Y. school locked down after suicide in bathroom

Published 10:55 am Tuesday, May 5, 2009

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A high school in western New York is being evacuated after a student used a gun to commit suicide in a bathroom.

Police and emergency crews raced to Canandaigua Academy this morning.

Students were told over the intercom system that they were to remain in classes but were in no danger. Police later began an evacuation.

Superintendent Don Raw confirmed in an e-mail to district residents that a male student committed suicide.

Many students were at lunch when the commotion began in the school in Canandaigua, a city of 11,000 about 30 miles southeast of Rochester.