UPDATE: Okaloosa County School District Program Director of Community Affairs Henry Kelley said grief counselors will be available when Shoal River Middle School students return to school on Jan. 5 following Christmas break. Kelley said Okaloosa Sheriff's investigators, School Resource Officer Dep. Danny Dean and school officials are at the deceased student’s home with his family as they work to determine the cause of death.
The death is still being treated as a suicide but that has not yet been officially declared, Kelley said.
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CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County School District and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office investigators report a Shoal River Middle School student committed suicide last night or this morning.
The name of the 13-year-old boy is being witheld while the investigation into the incident is ongoing.
"There is a response team from the school district getting the information and meeting with the family," school district Program Director of Community Affairs Henry Kelley said.
Initial reports erroneously reported it was a Davidson Middle School student who had died.
OCSO spokeswoman Michele Nicholson said deputies were called to the boy's home around 8 p.m. Thursday night.
"A parent had returned home to find the boy unresponsive and not breathing," Nicholson stated in an email to the News Bulletin. "Attempts to resuscitate the child were unsuccessful and he was declared deceased at North Okaloosa Medical Center."
Kelley said because school ended yesterday for the Christmas break, counselors are not meeting with individual students or classes.
"The students are now off for Christmas," Kelley said.
However, counselors will be available after the break.
Kelley said further information will be provided as the investigation continues.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: BREAKING: Authorities working Davidson Middle School suicide