Police kill 15-year-old Texas boy who brought gun into school The boy, who has not been named, aimed at officers after they confronted him in a hallway, prompting officers to fire. "The subject pointed the weapon at officers, which in turn, the officers had to use deadly force," Mr Trevino said. The student was shot three times and rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. "It is still under investigation as to a reason why he was in possession of that particular weapon," Mr Trevino said. No other students, school staff or police were injured. Students were evacuated to a nearby high school and classes were dismissed for the day. The school remained locked down for two hours after the incident, and SWAT officers searched the building "room by room," said Drue Brown, public information officer for the Brownsville Independent School District. Brownsville is at the southern tip of Texas along the US-Mexico border.