The death of a 15-year-old boy in West Virginia has sparked an investigation into an alleged sextortion scheme.

In a news release on Friday , the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office said the FBI field office in Pittsburgh is taking over the investigation into the death of Bryce Tate, a student at Nitro High School who died from a self-inflicted gunshot on Nov. 6.

The death of a 15-year-old boy in West Virginia has sparked an investigation into an alleged sextortion scheme. (Photo Credit: Kanawha County Sheriff's Office)

Since his death, investigators said the boy may have been targeted in an online sextortion scheme. Evidence from the boy's cell phone, according to the sheriff's office, shows that an unknown person contacted the 15-year-old about three hours before his death, and the

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