Police shoot, kill armed student at Cummings Middle School

An eighth grade student who was shot at Cummings Middle School this morning has died, Justice of the Peace Kip V. Johnson Hodge said.

The judge ordered an autopsy.

According to police the student brandished a gun at school around 8 a.m.

BISD and Brownsville police responded. The teen engaged police, officials said, and was shot by a Brownsville police officer.

He was taken to Valley Baptist Medical Center in Brownsville where he passed away from his injuries. There is no word yet on his identity.

One additional student was detained for questioning. 

A school administrator apparently noticed the student carrying the gun and called Brownsville and school district police, Trevino said.

He said investigators hadn't determined whether the student fired any shots, and he said he had no information on why the student might have had the gun on him.

"It's still under investigation, as far as how he came about to bringing the weapon or if he encountered anybody or anything else," Trevino said.

The school was placed on lockdown and no other students were injured.

Students are being relocated to Porter High School, where parents have been instructed to pick them up.

Dozens of Brownsvillle ISD school buses are parked outside the campus ready to move the students.

Officials are briefing parents at the pavilion in front of the school.

Cummings Middle School is currently on lockdown. More information will posted when available.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)