Thomas Jefferson High School student survives parking lot shooting
DALLAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) – A Thomas Jefferson High School student survived after getting shot in the arm while in the parking lot late Tuesday afternoon.
Dallas police said the student was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Students that were on campus during the time of the shooting went back inside after Dallas ISD police and DPD officers secured the scene.
After law enforcement officials determined there were no additional threats, students were dismissed. No arrests have been made.
Dallas ISD has canceled classes on Wednesday for Thomas Jefferson High School and Walnut Hill International Leadership Academy. Meals will still be distributed from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Classes will resume Thursday with additional police presence.
This is the second shooting to happen outside a school in North Texas this week – on Monday, two students were shot at Lamar High School in Arlington. A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in the neck and a girl was shot in the jaw.