Mother or father with concealed weapon accidentally shoots self whereas at Arlington ISD faculty, police say

Arlington police said Duff Elementary College was positioned on lockdown for a time Thursday after a parent with a hid weapon had his gun accidentally go off, hitting the dad or mum in the leg.

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

The college had early launch and college students were released on the planned time of 12:10 p.m.

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

The college district stated White was inside the building, close to the lobby area, and never within the hallway close to students when the gun went off.

Police and school officials stated there was no menace made and the mother or father didn't have "malicious intent."

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No students or employees were injured. The dad or mum was taken to an space hospital after being shot in the leg. 

Arlington Police Chief Al Jones stated after White was released from the hospital, he was arrested and charged with illegal 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 taking pictures, there have been 5 cases in North Texas related to weapons introduced to varsities or threats made.

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Arlington dad and mom mentioned their minds immediately considered the worst when they were notified.

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

However since this week's lethal taking pictures at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, they can not help but assume the worst when they do.

"When I received the textual content message, I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, something is going to occur.’ I was shocked," father or mother Karima Rasheed stated.

While most instances, lockdowns are solely drills students have to participate in, Rasheed's son, Rami, stated that knowing what occurred earlier this week made this lockdown completely different. 

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

Guns should not allowed on college property, and fogeys FOX 4 spoke with mentioned even if it was a mistake, the timing is just horrible.

"What are we going to do? They must go to highschool, and obviously, statistically, it is unlikely to occur, but you by no means want to be the one statistic. What if it is your children?" Matthew Mitchell stated.

Mitchell lives across the street from Duff Elementary. His daughters go to a different Arlington school. 

"I’m terrified, completely terrified. I’ve obtained twin six-year-olds that go to a unique Arlington college and each time I hear there's a lockdown or a college capturing, my heart jumps into my throat," he stated.

Rasheed mentioned Thursday was the commencement day for 6th 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 occurred at his college.

"If one thing occurred, you’ve bought to run anyplace that’s protected and hide," she instructed her child.

While some say the incident in Uvalde is simply too recent to talk politics, Mitchell said one thing must be done now. 

"They need to talk about it, they need to campaign on it, they want to fundraiser on it, however they don’t wish to truly go any legal guidelines and do anything," he added.