‘Jena Six’ Teen Shoots Himself

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'Jena Six' Teen Shoots Himself December 31st, 2008 Depressed about yet another negative media blitz, one of the teens convicted in the infamous "Jena Six" case shot himself just days after being arrested on a shoplifting charge in Louisiana, police said. Mychal Bell, 18, shot himself in the chest with a .22-caliber firearm and was rushed to the hospital Monday. "I think he was upset over the incident … and didn't want to be in the news again," said Monroe Police Sgt. Cassandra Wooten. Bell wa