Father or mother with concealed weapon accidentally shoots self whereas at Arlington ISD school, police say

Arlington police stated Duff Elementary School was positioned on lockdown for a time Thursday after a father or mother with a concealed weapon had his gun unintentionally go off, hitting the mum or dad within the leg.

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

The school had early launch and students have been launched on the deliberate time of 12:10 p.m.

Based on police, the father or mother, identified as 55-year-old Anthony White, dropped his gun and unintentionally shot himself. His harm was not severe.

The varsity district mentioned White was inside the building, close to the lobby space, and never within the hallway close to students when the gun went off.

Police and school officers mentioned there was no menace made and the mum or dad did not have "malicious intent."

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

Arlington Police Chief Al Jones stated after White was launched from the hospital, he was arrested and charged with illegal carrying of a weapon in prohibited places and discharge of a firearm in certain municipalities.

Within the two days because the Uvalde mass college taking pictures, there have been 5 circumstances in North Texas related to guns brought to colleges or threats made.

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Arlington mother and father said their minds immediately thought of the worst once they had been notified.

No dad or mum ever needs there to be a purpose for them to get a text message saying their child's school is on lockdown.

But since this week's deadly shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, they can't assist however think the worst once they do.

"Once I acquired the textual content message, I was like, ‘Oh my God, something is going to happen.’ I used to be shocked," dad or mum Karima Rasheed stated.

While most times, lockdowns are only drills college students have to participate in, Rasheed's son, Rami, mentioned that realizing what happened earlier this week made this lockdown different. 

"I started seeing my classmates starting to cry and our trainer obtained a notification on their phone saying somebody was in the building," he said.

Guns are not allowed on school 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 have to go to high school, and obviously, statistically, it's unlikely to happen, but you never want to be the one statistic. What if it's your youngsters?" Matthew Mitchell mentioned.

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

"I’m terrified, completely terrified. I’ve obtained twin six-year-olds that go to a distinct Arlington school and each time I hear there's a lockdown or a faculty taking pictures, my heart jumps into my throat," he mentioned.

Rasheed stated Thursday was the commencement day for 6th grade college students at Duff Elementary.

While driving her son to high school in the morning, she had a talk with him about Uvalde and what to do if one thing ever occurred at his college.

"If something happened, you’ve bought to run anyplace that’s safe and conceal," she told her little one.

Whereas some say the incident in Uvalde is simply too recent to talk politics, Mitchell stated something must be finished now. 

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