1.0 link 86632 <![CDATA[Gay Teen Shot By Classmate In School Declared Brain Dead]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/14/gay-teen-shot-by-classmat_n_86632.html An Oxnard junior high student who was shot in the head by a classmate earlier this week was declared brain dead Wednesday, and the 14-year-old male suspect now faces a first-degree murder charge, authorities said.

Lawrence King, 15, was declared brain dead by two neurosurgeons about 2 p.m. at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, said Craig Stevens, senior deputy Ventura County medical examiner. King's body remains on a ventilator for possible organ donation, he said. He was shot early...

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