Dad or mum with concealed weapon by chance shoots self while at Arlington ISD college, police say

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

ARLINGTON, Texas - Arlington police stated Duff Elementary College was placed on lockdown for a time Thursday after a guardian with a hid weapon had his gun accidentally go off, hitting the parent within the leg.

The school had early release and students had been launched on the planned time of 12:10 p.m.

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

The school district mentioned White was contained in the constructing, near the foyer area, and not in the hallway close to students when the gun went off.

Police and faculty officials stated there was no risk made and the mother or father did not have "malicious intent."

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No students or employees had been injured. The father or mother was taken to an space hospital after being shot in the leg. 

Arlington Police Chief Al Jones said 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.

Within the two days for the reason that Uvalde mass faculty capturing, there have been five circumstances in North Texas related to guns introduced to colleges or threats made.

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Arlington parents said their minds instantly considered the worst when they had been notified.

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

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

"Once I obtained the text message, I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, one thing goes to happen.’ I was shocked," parent Karima Rasheed stated.

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

"I started seeing my classmates starting to cry and our teacher obtained a notification on their phone saying someone was in the constructing," he stated.

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

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

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

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

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

While driving her son to highschool in the morning, she had a talk with him about Uvalde and what to do if something ever happened at his school.

"If something happened, you’ve got to run wherever that’s secure and conceal," she instructed her little one.

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

"They need to talk about it, they need to campaign on it, they need to fundraiser on it, however they don’t wish to really cross any legal guidelines and do something," he added.