Knoxville — A student fatally shot a 15-year-old classmate during a dispute Thursday at a Knoxville high school, police said, with other teenagers watching in horror as the victim clutched his chest and fell to the floor.  Police identified the victim as Ryan McDonald, a sophomore who lived with his grandmother and had alopecia, a condition that left him bald and the target of endless teasing .

“He tried to have a tough exterior, like a shield, to fit in,” his uncle Roger McDonald said. “He was a good kid … who was dealt some bad cards in life.”  The shooting happened shortly after 8 a.m. at the Central High School cafeteria, Chief Deputy Bill Roehl said, and the suspect was taken into custody minutes later on a nearby street.

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