Armed student injured in police shooting at Dallas-area school, officials say
Police shot at a 16-year-old student holding a gun Monday morning at a suburban Dallas charter school as they negotiated with him to put down his weapon, authorities said.
Police shot at a 16-year-old student holding a gun Monday morning at a suburban Dallas charter school as they negotiated with him to put down his weapon, authorities said.
The student, whose identity is being withheld because of his age, was taken to a hospital in stable condition, police in Mesquite, Texas, said. Other details about the teenager's injuries were not immediately provided.
The shooting occurred inside an office at the Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy's middle school and high school campus before 9 a.m. local time. School was in session, and panicked children were led outside and later reunited with their families at a nearby Baptist church.
Students walk out of Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy in Mesquite, Texas, on Monday.NBC DFWMesquite police were called to the school on a report of an active shooter. Administrators said they were attempting to calm the armed student until officers arrived.
The officers found him alone in an office and "provided verbal commands to the suspect. At some point during the negotiations, three officers fired at the suspect," police said. "The suspect then complied with commands and was taken into custody."
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