Posted 12:04 pm Tuesday, December 18, 2012
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UPDATE: Westwood ISD no longer on lockdown; many parents have picked children up
UPDATE : TUESDAY, 11:58 A.M.
Westwood ISD Superintendent Ed Lyman says the school district is no longer on lockdown, but “quite a number of parents” have picked up their children due to the recent school shootings and today's incident.
BY KENNETH DEAN
kdean@tylperpaper.com
A reported shooting touched off fears this morning and sent a school district into lockdown mode in Anderson County.
kdean@tylperpaper.com
A reported shooting touched off fears this morning and sent a school district into lockdown mode in Anderson County.
Sheriff Greg Taylor told the Tyler Morning Telegraph that the reported incident had nothing to do with the Westwood Elementary School except that a dog bite victim ran to the school.
“What we have here is a home where criminal activity is suspected. Two individuals got into it and one fired a shot at another, but did not hit them. The victim was then bitten by a pit bull in the yard that almost bit my deputies on our arrival,” he said.
Taylor said the suspected shooter left the area in a vehicle and never went to any school, but the dog bite victim ran from the area and wound up at the school.
“The shooting has nothing to do with the school, but Westwood Independent School District did in fact what they should have done and locked down the schools. When I went up there just a bit ago to explain to them what was going on they were still on lockdown and were allowing parents to pick up their children if they wanted,” he said.
Taylor said the investigation is ongoing and as new details emerge he would release them.
However, he reiterated at no time was there a shooter on any campus.
Taylor said the suspected shooter left the area in a vehicle and never went to any school, but the dog bite victim ran from the area and wound up at the school.
“The shooting has nothing to do with the school, but Westwood Independent School District did in fact what they should have done and locked down the schools. When I went up there just a bit ago to explain to them what was going on they were still on lockdown and were allowing parents to pick up their children if they wanted,” he said.
Taylor said the investigation is ongoing and as new details emerge he would release them.
However, he reiterated at no time was there a shooter on any campus.
