ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — One scholar was once fatally shot and any other injured when a 3rd scholar opened hearth out of doors a Dallas-area highschool Monday morning prior to being arrested on a homicide fee, police mentioned.
The taking pictures started on a highschool campus within the suburb of Arlington round 6:55 a.m., prior to many scholars arrived for the primary day again to categories after the spring damage, in keeping with police and college district officers.
Arlington police Leader Al Jones mentioned Monday {that a} male scholar who was once shot died at a health facility and a feminine sufferer was once receiving hospital therapy after being “grazed” by way of gunfire, inflicting injures that aren’t lifestyles threatening.
Any other male scholar was once arrested on the scene and charged with capital homicide, Jones mentioned at a day information convention. The police leader declined to spot the suspected shooter as a result of he’s a minor, however mentioned he’s being held at a juvenile detention middle within the discipline.
The gunman by no means entered the Lamar Prime Faculty construction and was once taken into custody by way of responding officials, Jones mentioned, including that the scene was once secured inside of “mins.” He mentioned investigators recovered a gun used within the taking pictures however the shooter’s purpose stays unclear.
Arlington Impartial Faculty District spokeswoman Anita Foster mentioned the college went into lockdown all over the taking pictures however faculty buses and different arriving scholars had been diverted from the campus prior to categories had been set to start out.
Police mentioned at 10:40 a.m. that they’d finished their seek of the college construction and scholars can be launched to their guardians at a “reunification middle” beginning at midday.