{"id":34902,"date":"2013-04-15T18:50:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T01:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=34902"},"modified":"2013-12-31T17:41:02","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T01:41:02","slug":"authorities-searching-for-suicidal-teen-possibly-armed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/04\/15\/authorities-searching-for-suicidal-teen-possibly-armed\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: 13-year-old dead after suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34903\" style=\"width: 644px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34903\" alt=\"Frantic parents crammed the entrance of Hillview Middle School Monday afternoon as deputies stood guard. Deputies were searching for a 13-year-old student who was depresses and believed to be armed with his father's firearm. (Photos by TONY CHEVAL) \" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student-1024x590.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frantic parents crammed the entrance of Hillview Middle School Monday afternoon as deputies stood guard. Officials placed the school on lockdown as deputies searched for a 13-year-old student who was depressed and believed to be armed with his father&#8217;s firearm. (Photos by TONY CHEVAL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34927\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34927\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Nigel-Hardy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-34927\" alt=\"Nigel Hardy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Nigel-Hardy-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Nigel-Hardy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Nigel-Hardy-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Nigel-Hardy-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nigel Hardy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATED: 4\/16\/13 @ 5 am<\/span>: Nigel Hardy, the 13-year-old Hillview Middle School student believed to be suicidal and armed with his father\u2019s handgun, has passed away, according to Sgt. Harry Drucker of the Sheriff&#8217;s Headquarter&#8217;s Bureau.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s being investigated as a suicide, there is no indication that there is anything other than that,&#8221; Drucker said early Tuesday morning. Nigel apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you or a loved one is in need of mental health assistance please refer to the numbers below for help:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suicide prevention hotline: 877-727-4747, 800-448-3000<\/li>\n<li>California Youth Crisis : 800-843-5200<\/li>\n<li>Angel\u2019s Flight: 800-833-2499<\/li>\n<li>Children of the Night: 800-551-1300\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Read our earlier story on the incident below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>PALMDALE \u2013 Hillview Middle School was placed on lockdown for hours on Monday as authorities searched for a 13-year-old student believed to be suicidal and armed with his father\u2019s handgun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nigel Hardy<\/strong> was reported missing at approximately 9:15 a.m. Monday from the 2300 Block of West Avenue N-8 in Palmdale.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34904\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34904\" alt=\"Students were escorted from the school by deputies.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student1-300x247.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student1-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student1.jpg 592w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students were escorted from the school by deputies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHardy is despondent over an incident at school which resulted in [him] being temporarily suspended,\u201d said Palmdale Community Relations deputy Jodi Wolfe in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Hardy, a male cheerleader, was being bullied and had gotten into a fight with another student last week, according to a Palmdale Station broadcast. That fight apparently resulted in Hardy\u2019s suspension from the school, according to the broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>Hardy\u2019s father found an apparent suicide note in the 13-year-old\u2019s room and alerted authorities Monday. The father\u2019s firearm was also missing, but it was unknown whether Hardy had taken the weapon, officials said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-34906\" alt=\"Hillview shut down suicidal student3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student3-300x238.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student3-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student3.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As a precautionary measure, Hillview Middle School was placed on a \u201cstate of heightened awareness\u201d, although the note did not articulate any threat toward the school or any other person, according to deputy Wolfe. About a dozen deputies and a K-9 unit responded to the school Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, frantic parents crammed the entrance of the school, as deputies with drawn weapons stood guard.<\/p>\n<p>Students were released, one-by-one, to waiting parents, and some students were required to leave their backpacks behind in their classrooms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-34905\" alt=\"Hillview shut down suicidal student2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student2-300x214.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Hillview-shut-down-suicidal-student2.jpg 617w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Authorities also searched Antelope Valley Mall and Marie Kerr Park, along with the surrounding neighborhood, but were unable to locate Hardy late Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>By 6 p.m., deputies were combing the Boulders at the Ranch II mobile home park in Palmdale, but the teen was still at large. Officials set up a command post at Marie Kerr Park.<\/p>\n<p>Hardy is described as a 13-year-old White male with dark brown wavy hair, approximately 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing about 127 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black long sleeve shirt, dark pants and grey Nike shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information on Hardy\u2019s whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Palmdale Sheriff Station at 661-272-2400.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATED 4\/15\/2013 @ 11 pm<\/span>: Nigel Hardy has been admitted to Antelope Valley Hospital with a gunshot wound believed to be self-inflicted, authorities just confirmed. Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s detectives were contacted by Kern County authorities Monday night and told that a boy matching Nigel\u2019s description and suffering from a gunshot wound was being transported to the hospital, according to Lt. Johnson of the Palmdale Station. Authorities contacted Nigel&#8217;s family who identified the boy as Nigel Hardy and the search was called off. Johnson did not have any details regarding Nigel&#8217;s condition, and the Hardy family was still at Antelope Valley Hospital as of 11 p.m. Monday. We will update this story as more information becomes available.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UPDATED 4\/16\/2013 @ 12 pm<\/span>:\u00a0According to an update issued by the sheriff&#8217;s department Tuesday afternoon: &#8220;Nigel Hardy, the teen reported missing from Palmdale committed suicide in Kern County at approximately 8:00 PM Monday, April 15, 2013. The investigation will be handled by Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Department personnel.&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED: 4\/16\/13 @ 5 am: Nigel Hardy, the 13-year-old Hillview Middle School student believed to be suicidal and armed with his father\u2019s handgun, has passed away, according to Sgt. Harry Drucker of the Sheriff&#8217;s Headquarter&#8217;s Bureau. &#8220;It&#8217;s being investigated as a suicide, there is no indication that there is anything other than that,&#8221; Drucker said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":34927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}