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Student Killed In Shooting At Dillard HS

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ― Doctors were unable to save a Broward high school student who was shot on campus Wednesday morning.

Ft. Lauderdale police spokesman Sgt. Frank Sousa said around 11 a.m. a school resource officer at Dillard High School, at 2501 NW 11th Street, found 15 year old Amanda Collette unconscious in a hallway by the school's computer lab. Ft. Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel feverishly worked on Collette as they rushed her to Broward General Medical Center. She died a short time later at the hospital.

At about the same time Collette was found in the hallway, Sousa said police received a call from someone at a Captain Crabs Take-Away near the school, at 2431 W. Sunrise Boulevard, that a teenage girl in the restaurant may have just shot someone. Arriving police officers took the 15 year old girl into custody. They also recovered a small caliber handgun.

Chopper4 over the scene spotted police examining the small handgun before placing it into an evidence bag. Sousa said the girl was taken to police headquarters but has not been charged at this point.

The lock down on the school was lifted shortly before noon.

"This is the time in the life of a Superintendent, School Board and school district that you absolutely never want to live through," said Broward County Schools Superintendent Jim Notter. "On behalf of the School Board and school district we are devastated by what happened today. We will be doing a thorough investigation in conjunction with the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department, certainly analyzing all our present programs along with our intervention programs."

Notter said police investigators believe the shooting was an isolated incident between the two girls and no other students were in danger. Notter confirmed that investigators believe the shooting took place on school grounds.

"We have security cameras throughout the school," Notter said, "Obviously we will be going through all the tapes."

"Our hearts and our prayers go out to not only the victim's family," said Notter.

As for why the shooting took place, Nott said it still hasn't been determined.