CNN . "This kind of situation is very rare and new to North Dakota, the community, our school, and the students." CBS reports that the southeastern North Dakota community where the freshmen student shot himself in front of his classmates has a population of about 370 people. The incident was the second instance of a student attempting to take their own life at school in less than a month. An eighth grade Oklahoma student at Stillwater Junior High shot and killed himself before morning classes began on September 26. I meant there was something bothering him that he was not willing to tell anyone , he is young and was not strong at heart to know just say something to some one and it could have made a difference, thats all.