According to authorities, the latest one has taken place in Harris County, Texas, as the body of a black teenager was found hanging in the parking lot of an elementary school earlier this week according to The New York Daily News.
Based on a tweet sent by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, officials believe the teen’s death to have been a suicide.
Deputies were called to the parking area of a school in the 6600 block of Rosebrook, where a teenage black male was found deceased.
#hounews pic.twitter.com/XH78MEnf4u
— HCSOTexas (@HCSOTexas) June 17, 2020
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said that deputies found the deceased 17-year-old in the parking lot of Ehrhardt Elementary School in Spring, Texas, which is located just 22 miles north of Houston.
This matter remains under investigation by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.