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More from EducationThe teenager shot by a classmate at an Oxnard middle school this week died from multiple gunshot wounds to the head, an autopsy confirmed Friday.
The Ventura County Medical Examiner-Coronor's Office released the official cause of Larry King's death Friday afternoon after completing an autopsy.
Senior Deputy Medical Examiner Armando Chavez declined to release further details, including how many bullet wounds King suffered.
King, 15, was shot by a classmate about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in a computer lab at E.O. Green School. He was declared brain-dead Wednesday and removed from a ventilator Thursday night after doctors removed some organs for donation.
Students in the computer lab said classmate Brandon McInerney, 14, shot King twice.
McInerney, charged with murder and a hate crime, remained in Juvenile Hall on Friday. He is being prosecuted as an adult and is being held in lieu of $770,000 bail.
Oxnard police have said little about key details in the case, such as the number of times King was shot, how the gun was obtained and possible motives for the shooting.
Police were not releasing any new information Friday, spokesman David Keith said.
Police and prosecutors also have declined to say why McInerney is facing a hate crime allegation.
Some students have said King was openly gay and sometimes wore women's clothing, and that he and McInerney had an ongoing dispute that included an argument the day before the shooting.
Hueneme School District Superintendent Jerry Dannenberg said Friday he does not know how the shooter got the gun or sneaked it into school.
"We are going to do everything in our power to keep it from happening again," Dannenberg said.
He said metal detectors are among the possible security options, but he's not sure they could have prevented the shooting.
"I'm not sure there is any campus you can keep 100 percent secure. I think this is a societal problem," he said. "What we've got to do is make people who have guns accountable for them and make sure they don't get in the hands of people who shouldn't have them."
— Star staff writer Kathleen Wilson contributed to this report.
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