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Alabama: 15-year-old boy shot in head at school

MADISON, Ala. – A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after authorities say he was shot in the head while walking in a Madison middle school.

It happened at Discovery Middle School.

Details are sketchy, but police say they have a suspect in custody.

Meanwhile HEMSI Chief Operations Officer Don Webster says the unidentified boy is in “extremely critical condition.”

Madison Mayor Paul Finley says the school has been put on lockdown, but all other students are safe.