Girl's Death Likely Suicide

GRANDVIEW, Yakima County - A 16-year-old disabled student was found shot to death in a high school bathroom in an apparent suicide, one day before classes let out for the summer.

The girl's body was discovered Thursday by another student at Grandview High School, Police Chief Dave Charvet said. A .38-caliber revolver was near the body. No suicide note was found, and police and school officials said they didn't know why the girl killed herself.

"From all indications of talking to students, she's been carrying (the gun) for awhile," he said. "A couple of kids said she carried it for protection because she was in a wheelchair."