One student was fatally shot and another injured when a third student opened fire outside a Dallas-area high school Monday morning before being arrested on a murder charge, police said.
The shooting began on a high school campus in the suburb of Arlington around 6.55am, before many students arrived for the first day back to classes after the spring break, according to police and school district officials.
Arlington Police Chief Al Jones said Monday that a male student who was shot died at a hospital and a female victim was receiving medical care after being “grazed” by gunfire, causing injuries that aren’t life-threatening.
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Another male student was arrested at the scene and charged with capital murder, Jones said at an afternoon news conference. The police chief declined to identify the suspected shooter because he is a minor but said he is being held at a juvenile detention centre in the area.