Body at bus stop puts schools in lockdown

LAND O’LAKES — Pine View Middle School went into lockdown for about an hour Friday after a man commtited suicide at one of the school’s bus stops.

The incident happened shortly after 8 a.m. near the Chelsea Woods apartments, at 4453 Alpine Road.
Pasco deputies say a 19-year-old man shot himself in the head while sitting on a wooden bench that had a roof over it. The structure was used by Pine View students waiting for the bus.

Deputies say the man, who has not yet been identified, had the word “temporary” written on the front of his neck in black magic marker, which was found next to him.

He had also written on the bench, something to the effect that his body was only temporary in this world.
Two cans of Natural Ice beer next to him — one opened, one sealed. Deputies found another empty on ground behind the bench.

Pine View Middle principal Kim Anderson said the school went into lockdown for the first 30 minutes of the day. Pine View Elementary and Sanders Elementary also went into lockdown as a precautionary measure.
“We didn’t know at the time if he had shot himself, or if he was shot by someone else, or how he died,” Anderson said.

After the Sheriff’s Office determined the case to be a suicide, the lockdown was lifted.

-- Times Staff