Current Events > 11 y/o boy kills himself during Zoom class

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https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2020/12/02/woodbridge-elementary-student-suicide-online-class/

An elementary school student killed himself while in his distance learning class late Wednesday morning, the San Joaquin County Sheriffs Office confirmed. Deputies confirm the 11-year-old boy was in his Zoom class with his microphone and camera off when he took his own life. His sister, who was distance learning in another room, found him and alerted a neighbor and her teacher, who helped call authorities. The sheriffs office said deputies responded to the 300 block of Sterling Street in the community of Woodbridge just after 11 a.m. to investigate a reported shooting. At the scene, a young boy with a head injury was found. The boy was rushed to a nearby hospital with his parents by his side. He later died from his injuries.

Paul Warren is the special education director for the Lodi Unified School District. He oversees mental health services within the district. Sometimes we go through things that are temporary emotional experiences and with the support of family and other trained people we can get through those things. Its tragic. Everybodys has been impacted by this, Warren said. Renee Bond, a licensed clinical counselor, works directly with children. I think its really time as a society that we start investing in wellbeing and mental health, Bond said. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline offers suggestions to help: ask for help, make a safety plan, and look for warning signs. Bond says there could be several warning signs someone is in trouble. Withdrawing is one of them. When you listen to them talking and theyre talking about hopelessness or nobody loves me. You know youre children better than anyone, trust yourself, Bond said.

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What
the
fuck

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So those two kids were doing their zoom classes without their parents home. Since she had to ask neighbor/teacher for help. Kinda sad but I understand people cant miss work to be home while schools are shut down.

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woah, that is seriously tragic. hard to comprehend that someone only 11 years old could feel so much pain. sometimes i just hate the world.

obligatory "Jeremy" reference

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tough, tough story
shame that the sister is the one that went in there to see him too
cold stuff

Colorahdo posted...

Microphone and camera off.

Oh so this is clickbait, I see

you may have some problems to address

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He shot himself? Oof. So much for wanting to own a gun now. Could you imagine how the parents must feel?
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Colorahdo posted...

Microphone and camera off.

Oh so this is clickbait, I see

I...what?

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So sad this happened

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At least he didn't do it with the camera on. This story is so damn sad

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damn, poor kid and poor sister; idk if she'll ever fully recover from something like this

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Always lock up any firearms youre not currently carrying on your person. Especially with children in the house.

Presumably he would have just found another to kill himself, but the access to the firearm certainly made it easier.

Very sad and unfortunate.

Yeah thank christ the mic and camera were off at the very least, but damn still that's sad.

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This sucks. I'm so sorry for that family, the sister who had to find him like that, and most of all for him for being in a place where he felt the need to take his own life at such a young age, essentially still a baby. Heartbreaking :(

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The Trent posted...

you may have some problems to address

Imagine needing attention badly enough to derail a topic about a child's death. <_<

Th3Truth posted...

Something needs to be done about ease of access to guns

you'd think so, and the vast majority of people in the country agree, but if you listen to the NRA and republican politicians any form of gun control is anti-american communism.

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i cant imagine what makes an 11 year old think to do something like that. I dont even think I knew what suicide was at that age Jesus Christ

monkmith posted...

vast majority of people in the country agree

No they dont

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Rika_Furude posted...

No they dont

https://news.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx

you're right, its only 57% of americans right now, down 10% from 2018...

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Actually Im surprised its over 50%

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chairforceone posted...

i cant imagine what makes an 11 year old think to do something like that. I dont even think I knew what suicide was at that age Jesus Christ

do we know this wasn't accidental?

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Yeah do we know its actually suicide or was he playing with the gun and accidentally shot himself?

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I saw a story earlier where his uncle was claiming it was accidental, but it didn't give any more details

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What happened to the link?

MutantJohn posted...

He shot himself? Oof. So much for wanting to own a gun now. Could you imagine how the parents must feel?

They better be embarrassed and ashamed because how the hell did the kid know how to use a real gun, let alone get access to a real gun and ammo to be able turn it on himself and why would he even consider such a thing in the first place? They literally failed this kid as parents.

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MutantJohn posted...

He shot himself? Oof. So much for wanting to own a gun now. Could you imagine how the parents must feel?

I can't imagine ever leaving my children in the house alone with a gun they could conceivably get their hands on.

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monkmith posted...

https://news.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx

you're right, its only 57% of americans right now, down 10% from 2018...

My problem with these polls is that they're super vague.

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Number090684 posted...

They better be embarrassed and ashamed because how the hell did the kid know how to use a real gun, let alone get access to a real gun and ammo to be able turn it on himself and why would he even consider such a thing in the first place? They literally failed this kid as parents.

I would assume most 11 year olds in the US have at least some passing knowledge of how a gun works

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eston posted...

I would assume most 11 year olds in the US have at least some passing knowledge of how a gun works

Regardless, it sounds like no parent was home. That gun should have been locked up and the kid should not have been able to access it. Thats pure negligence and the parents should face charges for that. They need to stop letting that shit slide.

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I agree

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Number090684 posted...

They better be embarrassed and ashamed because how the hell did the kid know how to use a real gun, let alone get access to a real gun and ammo to be able turn it on himself and why would he even consider such a thing in the first place? They literally failed this kid as parents.

When I was in fifth grade, there was a kid I knew who accidentally killed his best friend. His dad just had a bunch of guns lying around and this 10/11 year old boy just took one, thinking it was unloaded, and pulled the trigger at his friend as some sort of joke. The dad and grandma went to jail and the kid went to some school for emotionally damaged kids. I found out years later that he died at age 19, no cause of death revealed.

These kids man this is so tough for kids

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Turns out his camera and sound wasn't off.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/report-boy-s-video-and-audio-were-not-turned-off-during-shooting/vi-BB1bEueX?ocid=hplocalnews

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Background_Guy posted...

no cause of death revealed.

I think this usually means suicide.

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Monolith1676 posted...

Turns out his camera and sound wasn't off.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/report-boy-s-video-and-audio-were-not-turned-off-during-shooting/vi-BB1bEueX?ocid=hplocalnews

Monolith1676 posted...

Turns out his camera and sound wasn't off.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/report-boy-s-video-and-audio-were-not-turned-off-during-shooting/vi-BB1bEueX?ocid=hplocalnews

Jesus fucking Christ

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I remember when OMGPIE made fun of parents of a 9 year old kid who committed suicide and they continue to let him post.

That's legit a thing.
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The kids in that class, and his sister, are going to be scarred for life.

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The Trent posted...

you may have some problems to address

Yeah colorado is a weird poster. I mostly like him but he's totally socially inept. I think it's sincere. The bad part is he thinks he's a normie though

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It's so sad because he clearly couldn't fathom what he was doing, other than the immediacy of ending his depression.

Background_Guy posted...

When I was in fifth grade, there was a kid I knew who accidentally killed his best friend. His dad just had a bunch of guns lying around and this 10/11 year old boy just took one, thinking it was unloaded, and pulled the trigger at his friend as some sort of joke. The dad and grandma went to jail and the kid went to some school for emotionally damaged kids. I found out years later that he died at age 19, no cause of death revealed.

Yeah, I have a couple stories like this sadly. "Never point a gun at something you don't plan to kill" is sadly unfamiliar to way too many people who have access to guns.

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