School Principal Killed In Classroom!

The principal of a small private school in Memphis, Tennessee, was found dead in a classroom Wednesday, Memphis police said.

Suzette York, 49, was lying in a pool of blood at Memphis Junior Academy, according to the city fire department.

Police have detained a 17-year-old student in connection with the death, which has been deemed a homicide, police said. No charges had been filed Wednesday evening.

Suzette York, the principal of a private school in Memphis, Tennessee, was found dead in a pool of blood.

"It's tragic all the way around," Mayor A.C. Wharton Jr. said outside the school.

The school is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, officials said.

The cause of York's death is unknown; police detain a 17-year-old student

York, who had been the principal of the school since 2008, has a family in Memphis, said Marvin Lowman, communications director for the Seventh-day Adventist Conference in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.

Officers responded to a call at Memphis Junior Academy around 11:15 a.m.

"Upon arrival on the scene, officers located a deceased female inside of a classroom. The circumstances leading up to this incident are unknown at this time," Sgt. Alyssa Macon-Moore, a police spokeswoman, told reporters outside the school.

Source: CNN