Dallas School Shooting: Parents trying to reunite with their kids after school shooting

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No active threat, one in custody after student shot at Wilmer-Hutchins HS

One student was hospitalized after a reported shooting Friday morning -- student's condition is not confirmed

What to Know

• Dallas ISD police confirm one student was injured in a shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School.
• One person is in custody. That person has not been identified. Police say there is no active threat.
• Police have not yet said what led to the shooting.

One person is in custody after a student was injured in a shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School Friday morning, Dallas ISD police say.

According to district police, the shooting took place at the school located at 5520 Langdon Road, shortly after 10:30 a.m. Dallas ISD police said one student was injured during the shooting. Emergency medical services arrived at the school before 11 a.m. and transported the student to an area hospital in unknown condition.

No other injuries have been confirmed at this time. Dallas ISD police said a suspect is in custody and there is no active threat at the campus.

The identity and age of the suspect has not been confirmed. Police have also not said what led to the violence.

Dallas ISD said just before 1 p.m. that students are being reunited with their parents in the Wilmer-Hutchins High School gym. Parents must bring proper identification.

"We understand this is a difficult time and ask for your patience. Counselors are onsite and available for anyone who may need support. Thank you for your understanding," the district said on X.

Dallas ISD police said in a statement on Facebook at about 11:15 a.m. Friday all students and team members were safe and parents should refrain from coming to campus.

Patrick Benjamin said his child attends the high school and that he received an automated message saying everything was under control and that parents shouldn't come to the campus. He said he ignored the message because things weren't under control.

"I didn't believe it was under control because she called and told me there was a gun in the school. It can't be under control if there's a gun in the school," Benjamin said.

Other parents who spoke with NBC 5 said they weren't notified the school was on lockdown and that it was their children who told them about the shooting.

"We're out here concerned. We're worried. We want to check on our children we want more information and they're not really giving us nothing. They just got us out here … waiting, concerned worried about our babies out here," said Shareese Johnson. "The school hasn't notified us that the school is on lockdown, which is the main problem with Wilmer they never do that. When they had this issue last year they never notified the parents. Our children reached out to us and told us, like, 'Hey, we're scared. There's a shooting going on.' For a parent, that's nerve-wracking to get that call from your kid, like, 'Oh my god there's a shooting going on' but you don't know what's going on because the school hasn't notified you, nothing is being said, it's just coming from your kid. So we're just nervous, just worried and concerned hoping that everybody in there is OK."

Others said the messaging came later than they would have liked. Jasmine told NBC 5 she heard from her son first, shortly after the incident took place, and that she didn't receive an automated call from the district until 11:17 a.m. She said the school has metal detectors and questioned whether or not they were working if someone was able to enter the building with a gun.

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