Lawyer: Jena Six teen shot himself out of despair (AP via Yahoo! News)

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One of the teenagers at the center of the Jena Six civil rights case shot himself because he worried his Christmas Eve shoplifting arrest would ruin his dream of playing college football, a lawyer said Tuesday after speaking with the teen's family.