Father or mother with hid weapon unintentionally shoots self whereas at Arlington ISD school, police say

Arlington police stated Duff Elementary Faculty was positioned on lockdown for a time Thursday after a guardian with a concealed weapon had his gun by chance go off, hitting the mother or father within the leg.

ARLINGTON, Texas - Arlington police mentioned Duff Elementary College was placed on lockdown for a time Thursday after a dad or mum with a concealed weapon had his gun accidentally go off, hitting the dad or mum in the leg.

The varsity had early release and students were launched at the planned time of 12:10 p.m.

Based on police, the mother or father, recognized as 55-year-old Anthony White, dropped his gun and by accident shot himself. His harm was not critical.

The varsity district stated White was contained in the building, near the foyer space, and never in the hallway close to college students when the gun went off.

Police and school officials stated there was no threat made and the mum or dad did not have "malicious intent."

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No college students or workers had been injured. The dad or mum was taken to an area hospital after being shot within the leg. 

Arlington Police Chief Al Jones mentioned after White was released from the hospital, he was arrested and charged with illegal carrying of a weapon in prohibited locations and discharge of a firearm in sure municipalities.

In the two days because the Uvalde mass school taking pictures, there have been 5 cases in North Texas related to guns introduced to varsities or threats made.

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Arlington mother and father mentioned their minds instantly considered the worst once they have been notified.

No mother or father ever wants there to be a cause for them to get a textual content message saying their kid's faculty is on lockdown.

However since this week's lethal shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, they can not assist however suppose the worst once they do.

"When I obtained the textual content message, I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, one thing goes to occur.’ I was shocked," parent Karima Rasheed mentioned.

Whereas most occasions, lockdowns are solely drills college students have to participate in, Rasheed's son, Rami, stated that realizing what happened earlier this week made this lockdown completely different. 

"I started seeing my classmates beginning to cry and our teacher got a notification on their telephone saying somebody was in the constructing," he said.

Weapons will not be allowed on faculty property, and fogeys FOX 4 spoke with mentioned even if it was a mistake, the timing is just terrible.

"What are we going to do? They should go to school, and obviously, statistically, it's unlikely to occur, but you by no means need to be the one statistic. What if it's your kids?" Matthew Mitchell mentioned.

Mitchell lives across the road from Duff Elementary. His daughters go to another Arlington school. 

"I’m terrified, absolutely terrified. I’ve got twin six-year-olds that go to a special Arlington school and every time I hear there's a lockdown or a faculty shooting, my heart jumps into my throat," he mentioned.

Rasheed said Thursday was the graduation day for sixth grade students at Duff Elementary.

Whereas driving her son to school in the morning, she had a chat with him about Uvalde and what to do if one thing ever happened at his school.

"If one thing happened, you’ve received to run wherever that’s secure and hide," she informed her child.

Whereas some say the incident in Uvalde is too recent to talk politics, Mitchell stated one thing needs to be completed now. 

"They need to speak about it, they wish to marketing campaign on it, they want to fundraiser on it, but they don’t want to actually move any legal guidelines and do anything," he added.