Mother or father with concealed weapon by accident shoots self whereas at Arlington ISD school, police say

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

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

The college had early launch and college students were launched at the deliberate time of 12:10 p.m.

In response to police, the father or mother, recognized as 55-year-old Anthony White, dropped his gun and by accident shot himself. His injury was not severe.

The college district stated White was contained in the building, near the lobby area, and never in the hallway near college students when the gun went off.

Police and college officers stated there was no threat made and the mother or father didn't have "malicious intent."

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

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

In the two days for the reason that Uvalde mass college capturing, there have been 5 circumstances in North Texas associated to guns introduced to varsities or threats made.

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Arlington parents stated their minds immediately thought of the worst once they have been notified.

No parent ever needs there to be a purpose for them to get a text message saying their child's faculty is on lockdown.

But since this week's lethal capturing at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, they can not assist but assume the worst once they do.

"When I acquired the textual content message, I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, something is going to occur.’ I used to be shocked," guardian Karima Rasheed said.

Whereas most occasions, lockdowns are solely drills students have to take part in, Rasheed's son, Rami, mentioned that understanding what occurred earlier this week made this lockdown different. 

"I began seeing my classmates beginning to cry and our trainer bought a notification on their cellphone saying somebody was in the constructing," he mentioned.

Guns will not be allowed on faculty property, and oldsters FOX 4 spoke with mentioned even when it was a mistake, the timing is simply horrible.

"What are we going to do? They must go to highschool, and clearly, statistically, it's unlikely to happen, but you never want to be the one statistic. What if it's your children?" Matthew Mitchell stated.

Mitchell lives throughout the street from Duff Elementary. His daughters go to a different Arlington college. 

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

Rasheed mentioned Thursday was the commencement day for sixth grade college students at Duff Elementary.

Whereas driving her son to high school within the morning, she had a talk with him about Uvalde and what to do if something ever happened at his college.

"If something occurred, you’ve received to run wherever that’s protected and hide," she told her little one.

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

"They need to discuss it, they wish to marketing campaign on it, they wish to fundraiser on it, but they don’t want to really move any legal guidelines and do something," he added.