Mesquite police say the armed student they opened fire on at a charter school campus Monday “wanted to hurt people.”
Mesquite police say the armed student they opened fire on at a charter school campus Monday "wanted to hurt people."Investigators are now conducting search warrants and interviewing the student’s family, trying to figure out how the teenager accessed a firearm. The student is now out of the hospital and is charged with a felony with likely more charges coming.
According to investigators, the student didn’t fire his handgun. He was injured in the leg, but police say it’s unclear if he was shot or hit by shrapnel.The teenager was released by the hospital Monday evening and booked into a Dallas County juvenile detention facility. Pioneer Technology and Arts Academy immediately promised new safety measures, including adding metal detectors and installing more surveillance cameras.
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