Assistant principal at California middle school dies by suicide at school

An assistant principal at a middle school in Placentia, Calif. has died by suicide at the school. 

Police say Moises Plascencia took his own life Monday morning in a private staff area of Kraemer Middle School, reports KTLA News. 

Around 9 a.m., officers responded to reports that an employee who had shot himself in a locked staff bathroom in the school administration area of the front office, the Placentia Police Department said in a news release. 

Plascencia was found by the school principal.

Police say staff members and students were not present and there were no witnesses.