Mum or dad with concealed weapon unintentionally shoots self whereas at Arlington ISD college, police say

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

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

The college had early launch and college students have been launched at the planned time of 12:10 p.m.

In accordance with police, the father or mother, identified as 55-year-old Anthony White, dropped his gun and by accident shot himself. His injury was not serious.

The varsity district said White was inside the building, close to the lobby area, and not within the hallway close to college students when the gun went off.

Police and school officers mentioned there was no menace made and the mum or dad didn't have "malicious intent."

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No college students or staff have been injured. The mother or father was taken to an area hospital after being shot within the leg. 

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

In the two days because the Uvalde mass faculty capturing, there have been 5 circumstances in North Texas related to weapons introduced to schools or threats made.

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

No parent ever desires there to be a cause for them to get a textual content message saying their child's faculty is on lockdown.

But since this week's lethal shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, they can not assist but suppose the worst when they do.

"Once I received the text message, I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, one thing is going to happen.’ I was shocked," parent Karima Rasheed mentioned.

While most instances, lockdowns are only drills college students have to take part in, Rasheed's son, Rami, stated that realizing what occurred earlier this week made this lockdown different. 

"I started seeing my classmates starting to cry and our teacher received a notification on their telephone saying somebody was in the building," he stated.

Weapons are not allowed on college property, and parents FOX 4 spoke with mentioned even when it was a mistake, the timing is just terrible.

"What are we going to do? They must go to high school, and obviously, statistically, it is unlikely to happen, but you never wish to be the one statistic. What if it's your children?" Matthew Mitchell stated.

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

"I’m terrified, completely terrified. I’ve got twin six-year-olds that go to a distinct Arlington faculty and every time I hear there is a lockdown or a school capturing, my heart jumps into my throat," he said.

Rasheed said Thursday was the graduation day for 6th grade college students at Duff Elementary.

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

"If one thing happened, you’ve received to run wherever that’s protected and conceal," she advised her little one.

While some say the incident in Uvalde is just too recent to talk politics, Mitchell mentioned something must be accomplished now. 

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