No students or officers were injured, according to police.
MESQUITE, Texas — A student was taken into custody after they entered a Mesquite charter school with a gun Monday morning, resulting in an officer-involved shooting as police responded, officials said.
Police said the armed student was injured during the incident, but no other students were injured and no officers were injured.
The incident happened shortly before 9 a.m. at the Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy in Mesquite, a charter school located at 3200 Oates Drive, off Gus Thomasson Road.
Mesquite police said officers were dispatched to an active shooter call after a report of someone entering the school with a gun.
Officers responded and “attempted to negotiate with the subject,” police said in a release.
“During the process of negotiating, an officer involved shooting occurred,” the release said.
The suspect was injured and taken to a hospital for treatment, police said. No other students or officers were injured.
Police held a brief news conference at 11 a.m. but officials were unable to provide more information than they issued in their release earlier Monday morning.
“We are grateful that no children were injured in this incident,” Mesquite police Sgt. Curtis Phillip said.
Officials posted on the school’s Facebook page that a situation “was handled expeditiously” and that “all are safe.”
Shubham Pandey, the charter school’s district superintendent, confirmed in a statement that the suspect who brought a gun to the school was a student and that everyone on campus was “safe and secure.”
“We have rigorous safety protocols in place to handle such incidents effectively and efficiently to ensure the well-being of our school community,” Pandey said. “Today, those procedures were tested, and they worked as intendent.”
Students going to be evacuated class-by-class to the nearby Northside Baptist Church at 3130 Moon Drive, officials said.
Helicopter footage from the scene had showed numerous police cars and SUVs in the area, one ambulance, a SWAT-like police truck and officers in tactical gear.
The charter school is a campus for middle school and high school students, according to the school’s website.
This is a developing story. Check back for more details.
