Darren James Price

Suicide

According to police, a custodian saw 13-year-old Darren James Price with a handgun on the Dowagiac Middle School grounds about 6:40 a.m. and notified the principal, who tried to make contact with the teen. Darren reportedly ran into nearby woods to the east, and the principal called police. Officers set up a perimeter. A deputy on Dailey Road saw Darren come out of the woods on a trail. Darren turned and ran back up the trail when he saw the deputy. Soon after that, police said they heard a single shot and found Darren with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Darren died at a hospital. According to reports, Darren had been withdrawn from the school a year before he died to and was homeschooled for seventh grade.