Two men have been apprehended following a shooting that resulted in bullets through the windows of a local middle school.
A parent whose child was in school at the time told FOX 4 about what transpired.
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Several kids were in the classroom when bullets flew through the window and into their room. The incident left parents shaken and unhappy on Tuesday.
Dallas Police received a report of rounds fired at the school at 4:43 p.m., with stray bullets striking multiple windows.
According to investigators, the incident occurred in a classroom with 13 students and two teachers.
According to court papers, the gunshots originated across Military Parkway, and witnesses identified the shooters.
Jayden Benett, 22, and Deondrez Brown, 20, were both arrested and charged with deadly conduct for the shooting.
Police said they discovered shot casings in the rear of a home, and Brown confirmed the two fired their pistols toward the school.
During questioning, both men allegedly stated that they were aware the gunshots had struck the school.
The suspects’ bond has not been set.
‘Everyone was just frantic’
Rosemary, a parent who requested anonymity, was waiting for her daughter at Ann Richards Steam Academy when she noticed several police cars. Rosemary’s worries grew when her daughter refused to come outside.
“He said, ‘they’re not letting anybody in here or letting us know anything.’ I ended up coming back here,” Rosemary said.
“Everyone was just frantic cause nobody knew what was going on,” she continued.
No phones in Texas schools
While many are relieved that things did not worsen, others are considering the implications of the state’s cell phone ban, which went into place in August.
“I couldn’t reach her for, what, 30 minutes? 30 minutes. And then you’re just like pulling your hair out. You don’t know what to do. You don’t know what to think. Now you’re praying like, I hope it wasn’t one of my kids,” said Rosemary.
Parents like Rosemary believe schools should adapt to change rather than keeping parents in the dark.
“And then we don’t get that alert until… this morning,” Rosemary said. “Even though it said an incident happened yesterday, that needs to go out immediately. That needs to go quick.”
“The principal stated ‘everybody go back to the car,’ and we just kind of took off running because we didn’t know what was going on. We’re thinking it’s somebody in the school.”
Rosemary wishes she had been able to soothe her daughter.
“I just really don’t like the No Cellphone policy. I don’t like it. Not one bit. The fact that it could have happened in the middle of the day. What are kids supposed to do then?”
