Bipolar disorder

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ESTBy DAVID EGGERT The Associated Press LANSING, Mich.

(AP) — A 17-year-old who survived being shot four times by an ex-boyfriend who then killed himself had transferred to the school where she was wounded to get away from him, a relative said Friday.

Jessica Forsyth was in fair condition at a Flint hospital, two days after police say 17-year-old David Turner shot her with a .44-caliber Magnum revolver outside H.H.

Dow High School.

Forsyth had transferred there Monday from an alternative school to get away from Turner, her great-aunt said.

"He wouldn't leave her alone," said Nancy Cook, a nurse.

"She's just a very innocent girl and got tied up with the wrong people." Turner's mother says her son suffered from bipolar disorder and had stopped taking his medications.

At the time of the shooting, he was on probation for stealing weapons.

Family members of both teens said Turner went to Dow High 100 miles northwest of Detroit to try to talk to Forsyth, but he was turned away by school officials.

The boy then called her and asked her to meet him outside the building.

She met him because Turner had promised to re...

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