Fatal shooting in Gary high school parking lot

GARY, Ind. -- A former student walked up to a 10th-grader in a high school parking lot and shot him in the head Friday, killing him, authorities said.\nThe 17-year-old suspected gunman was taken into custody.\nThe shooting happened at 8:15 a.m. outside Lew Wallace High School, before school started.\n"The suspect walked up to the victim, put a gun to his head and shot him," Police Chief John Roby told CNN.\nThe Post-Tribune newspaper reported that the student was shot in a crowd of other students. No other injuries were reported.\nThe shooter was a student who was expelled from the school for poor attendance last year, The Post-Tribune reported.\n"I suppose if there had been a desire to shoot someone else he would have," Gary School Superintendent Mary Guinn told Chicago radio station WBBM. "So we believe this is an isolated incident involving the suspect and the individual who was fatally shot."\nGuinn said the school had not had discipline problems with the victim. "He was enrolled in course work that certainly could lead to a promising future for him," she said.\nGuinn said the school's more than 1,000 students were working with a district-wide crisis team.\n"There is someone on site in each classroom helping them work through their issues and concerns and assuring them that the school is still a safe environment for them," she said.\nClasses were dismissed at midday for spring break.