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Teen Shoots Self at Willoughby Psychiatric Centre
17 December 1999
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio)
WILLOUGHBY — Police are investigating how a 16-year-old boy got a .38-caliber pistol into a Willoughby psychiatric hospital, where he shot himself in the head when he was left unattended.
The teen was in critical condition yesterday at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. Jan Anderson, spokeswoman for Laurelwood Hospital and Counseling Center, said the staff was conducting an internal review.
At 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Cleveland police drove the teen to the... (GunPolicy.org)