Teen dead in apparent suicide; Loudoun County deputy also fired shot

A teen boy dead in Loudoun County tonight. Yeah, the sheriff's office says that he turned a gun on himself right before a deputy opened fire. Fox 5's Bob Barnard is in Percival tonight with the very latest. He was a 15-year-old boy who Loudoun County Sheriff's investigators say shot and killed himself just up this street this morning. At the same time, a sheriff's deputy fired a shot at the boy, apparently fearing for his life after seeing a gun in the teen's hand. Now, we had Skyfox drone up over the scene today just at the Percival Roundhill Town Line. This is off West Main Street, which is Business Route 7. Sheriff Mike Chapman is telling us the 15-year-old boy was reported missing to Percival Police last night. The boy's father this morning reported guns were missing from their house. Then Percival Police notified the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office to be on the lookout for the teen. One of our deputies spotted him walking westbound here on this particular roadway here and stopped, got out of his car, went to approach him. And as he did, the individual in question displayed a gun and from all indications took his own life. Our deputy also fired a shot, but we don't believe that had anything to do with the cause of death in this. I am very sad. I don't know, you know, who this person could have been at all, but my prayers are with their family. And I just, you know, as a community, I know that everyone will come together for whoever it is. We have a great community here, very supportive. The unidentified 15-year-old was a student at Loudon Valley High School. Its principal sent a statement to the school community today saying the administration is deeply saddened by the news of the teen's death. Sheriff Chapman says this teen was known to law enforcement but wouldn't explain how. As you see behind me, busy Route 7 has been closed here most of the day. If you or a loved one needs mental health support, there is help out there. The 24-hour suicide and crisis hotline is available now. Just dial 988.