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FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ―

Parents and classmates of a 15-year-old girl allegedly shot by another girl at Dillard High School are shocked that such violence would take place in their school and shocked that they lost someone who they called a loving classmate.

Doctors were unable to save Amanda Collette, 15, who was shot on campus Wednesday morning. The shooting suspect, Teah Wimberly, also 15 years of age, was questioned at police headquarters and charged with first-degree murder. Ft. Lauderdale police spokesman Sgt. Frank Sousa said around 11 a.m., a school resource officer at Dillard High School, at 2501 NW 11th Street, found Collette unconscious in a hallway by the school's computer lab.

Ft. Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel feverishly worked on Collette as they rushed her to Broward General Medical Center. She died a short time later at the hospital.

At about the same time Collette was found in the hallway, Sousa said police received a call from the suspected shooter at a Captain Crabs Take-Away near the school, at 2431 W. Sunrise Boulevard. Arriving police officers took the 15-year-old Wimberly into custody. They also recovered a small caliber handgun.

"I just feel sorry for the family," said parent Kathleen Willis. "I'm just feeling for them right, now. They just sent their baby to school this morning, you know."

Friends told CBS4 News that this all happened because Amanda did not want to date Teah.

Chopper 4 over the scene spotted police examining the small handgun before placing it into an evidence bag. A lock down on the school was lifted shortly before noon.

"I was sitting on the table and I heard a loud pow, and the girl who did it we was all standing over her and I didn't know she was the one who did it," said student Deandrea Franklin. "And when the person came out that's when she ran off campus."

"This is the time in the life of a Superintendent, School Board and school district that you absolutely never want to live through," said Broward County Schools Superintendent Jim Notter. "On behalf of the School Board and school district we are devastated by what happened today. We will be doing a thorough investigation in conjunction with the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department, certainly analyzing all our present programs along with our intervention programs."

Notter said police investigators believe the shooting was an isolated incident between the two girls and no other students were in danger. Notter confirmed that investigators believe the shooting took place on school grounds.

"We have security cameras throughout the school," Notter said, "Obviously we will be going through all the tapes."

"Our hearts and our prayers go out to the victim's family," said Notter.

Notter said the motive for the shooting still hasn't been determined.

Dillard has about 1,700 students. They don't pass through metal detectors, but officers are stationed on campus.

Kawabuggy wrote:And where exactly does a 15 year old get "a small caliber handgun"?

03Lightningrocks wrote:

Kawabuggy wrote:And where exactly does a 15 year old get "a small caliber handgun"?

Parents, friends, fellow thugs, older brother, older sister, cousin, aunt, uncle.....I could go on...

03Lightningrocks wrote:

Kawabuggy wrote:And where exactly does a 15 year old get "a small caliber handgun"?

Parents, friends, fellow thugs, older brother, older sister, cousin, aunt, uncle.....I could go on...

couzin wrote:She (the shooter) was angry because the victim wouldn't 'date' her?? Just how far have we sunk here?

pedalman wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:

Kawabuggy wrote:And where exactly does a 15 year old get "a small caliber handgun"?

Parents, friends, fellow thugs, older brother, older sister, cousin, aunt, uncle.....I could go on...

She gets it from the same place the drugs and weed are obtained.