15-year-old Texas student shoots teacher at high school and then kills himself

A student shot a teacher Monday morning at a Texas high school before fatally shooting himself, law enforcement said.

A student shot a teacher Monday morning at a Texas high school before fatally shooting himself, law enforcement said.

The teacher at Hill Country College Preparatory High School was hospitalized and the student, a 15-year-old boy, died at the scene, the Comal County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

“It looks as though the student turned the gun on himself and shot himself,” Comal County Sheriff Mark Reynolds said during an afternoon news conference.

The condition of the teacher, who wasn’t identified, was unavailable, and spokespeople for area emergency rooms did not immediately respond to requests for information.

The relationship between the teenager and the teacher — including whether the boy was a current student of the educator's— is under investigation, Reynolds said.