A 15-year-old boy has died after shooting a teacher at his Texas high school, police said.
The teen opened fire on a female teacher at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bulverde on Monday morning, the Comal County Sheriff’s Office said.
The teacher was taken to a hospital in San Antonio. Her current condition is unknown.
The gunman was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have noy yet disclosed how he died.
The high school was placed under lockdown and students were transported to nearby Bulverde Middle School, where they were reunited with their parents.
Hill Country College Preparatory will remain on lockdown as law enforcement continues their investigation.
‘We know this is incredibly difficult to hear. What we can tell you is this situation is contained, and there is no ongoing threat to students,’ the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
‘We understand how scary this has been for families and our entire community.’
A 15-year-old boy has died after shooting a female teacher at Hill Country College Preparatory High School (pictured) in Bulverde on Monday morning
Comal County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the school around 8.34am Monday
The high school went into lockdown after an alarm was activated at 8.34am local time, Principal Julie Wiley said in a message to parents obtained by The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung.
Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the school and discovered that the teacher had been shot.
Wiley sent another message to parents at 9.20am confirming students were in a secure area and the threat had been contained.
She advised that students could be picked up from the middle school by their parents.
‘Parents will need the following for Reunification: In order to pick up a student, parents and guardians MUST have a photo ID and be listed in Skyward as eligible to pick up the student. You will only be able to pick up your student,’ Wiley wrote.
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