Two students were injured in a shooting outside Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas, before classes began Monday, police said.
The Arlington Police Department said it responded to Lamar High School at around 6:55 a.m. Monday following multiple reports of shots fired outside the building. A suspect was located and arrested shortly after officers arrived, but police did not indicate whether the suspect was also a student.
“We do not believe the suspected shooter ever entered the school,” police said. Both injured students were receiving medical care, police said.
A video shared by Twitter user @2MuchINKK shows a heavy law enforcement and emergency response outside the school Monday morning.
School begins at 7:35 a.m., so not all students had yet arrived on campus for their first day back after spring break. Once the school was locked down per protocol, students who hadnt yet arrived were not allowed on campus.
Arlington Independent School District in a statement shortly before 11 a.m. said the school was still in the process of clearing lockdown, and that a reunification center for parents of Lamar students would open at noon at the AISD Athletics Center.
