Teen dies after self-inflicted shooting in Waynesboro

Brad Zinn | The News Leader

WAYNESBORO - Police are investigating a self-inflicted shooting in Waynesboro that took the life of a teenager early Monday morning, according to a press release.

Officers from the Waynesboro Police Department were called to the McDonald's restaurant at 720 Town Center Lane at 1:14 a.m., where they found a 17-year-old boy with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

The teen was discovered outside of the restaurant, police said.

He was taken from the scene by the Waynesboro First-Aid Crew and airlifted to the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, where he was pronounced dead.

The shooting remains under investigation, police said.

