Did the title of my post get your attention?  Nothing like some journalistic sensationalism to grab your attention. 
Here’s the scoop from an article I read on BlackVoices.com…

‘Jena Six’ Teen Pulls A Plaxico, Shoots Himself

Posted Dec 30th 2008 12:00PM by Jeff Douglas

This one is comes from the straight foolishness file.

A week after getting busted for shoplifting, Jena Six teen Mychal Bell was rushed to a hospital Monday with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, according to the AP.

Cops think Bell was upset over media coverage for getting arrested for stealing from a Dillard’s on Christmas Eve. His lawyer says it was an accident. Thousands thew their support behind this young man and others in 2007 with massive civil rights demonstration. …

Bell’s record was just cleaned for charges stemming from a racially-charged fight involving him and five other black teenagers at Jena High School in 2006. The case got national attention when prosecutors wanted to charge the teens with attempted murder.

Bell was cleaning a gun when it accidentally discharged, his attorney told CNN. He’s been staying with a foster family in Monroe, La.

I hope Mychal finds a way to turn his life around.  It’s kind of like Rodney King whom all our hearts bled for in the racially charged beating.  Behind all of that was already a man in trouble (caught him recently on Season 2 of Dr. Drew’s Celebrity Rehab show).