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http://www.themonitor.com/articles/edinburg-57238-school-shooting.html
Neal Morton and Jared Taylor
The Monitor
EDINBURG — Three deer hunters are in custody after a pair of gunshots injured two male students playing basketball at Harwell Middle School late Monday afternoon.
Investigators detained the men after the teenage boys trying out for the school basketball team were hit by the gunshots outside on the northwest quadrant of the campus.
One of the victims, a 14-year-old boy, is in critical condition and was rushed into surgery at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen. The boy was hit in right side toward the upper side of his torso.
A bullet was lodged in one of his organs, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño said.
The other student, a 13-year-old boy, was taken to McAllen Medical Center. He is believed to be in stable condition after he underwent surgery for a gunshot wound near his right armpit.
Authorities have not released the boys' identities.
The shots came from a field west of the school about 4:45 p.m. Monday as the students tried out for the school basketball team outside on the campus' northwest side.
One student was hit while shooting a layup. The other was sitting on the curb, awaiting his turn.
Immediately afterward, a DPS helicopter helped find one man north of the campus with a .223-caliber semiautomatic rifle, Treviño said. He was taken into custody and being questioned.
Two other hunters on the nearby ranch toting .30-caliber rifles were taken into custody, as well.
“This is a major crime,” the sheriff said.
Deputies have not determined whether the gunshots came from any of the three mens' rifles. Treviño said criminal charges would be filed if investigators believe any of the hunters fired toward the school intentionally, recklessly or in negligence.
Investigators were waiting for surgeons to remove the bullets from the boys so they could confirm the caliber and whether they came from any of the hunters' rifles.
"It's too early to give a final determination," Treviño said.
Harwell Middle School is bordered by ranches leased to hunters on the campus' west and north sides, Treviño said.
A wooded area stands about 400 yards from the school's fenceline, where the gunshots may have originated, Treviño said.
Sheriff's deputies are leading the investigation alongside Edinburg school district police. About 75 deputies, constables and police officers responded to the scene.
A swarm of deputies is set to return to the area Tuesday morning.
Treviño said upwards of 40 deputies in several lines would walk the surrounding fields to look for any bullet casings believed to have been fired Monday afternoon. They will be accompanied by dogs trained to pick up the scent of recently fired munitions.
Edinburg schools Superintendent Rene Gutierrez declined making any immediate comment about the situation at the school.
“I need to assess what’s going on before I make any comment,” he said as he drove past the police line.
Families of students and teachers rushed to the school to check on their children after word quickly spread of the shooting. Mothers cried as they attempted to reach their kids via cell phone.
Parents grew increasingly frustrated that authorities would not release details of the reported victims, leaving the adults to wonder whether their children were injured.
The Edinburg school district lacks any sort of e-mail or cellphone-based emergency alert system now common on college campuses, such as the "Bronc Alert" system at the University of Texas-Pan American.
Shortly before 6 p.m., county officials said parents gathered near the police line should return to their cars. Officials said they would take students to a safe zone to return the children to their parents.
That cause parents to rush back to their cars, making traffic a bit worse.
Danny Montalvo, 36, is the husband of a Harwell Middle School English teacher. His 13-year-old daughter attends the school and his 7-year-old girl goes to the elementary next door.
"She called me," Montalvo said of his wife. "She was just being real quiet and said she had my two girls safe. She said they were on lockdown and under the tables. My girls are just scared."
Authorities said the school was placed on lockdown after the report of shots fired. The lockdown was lifted about 6:20 p.m. Monday.
"All the students are scared and she’s trying to keep them calm," Montalvo said of his wife.
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/edinburg-57238-school-shooting.html
Neal Morton and Jared Taylor
The Monitor
EDINBURG — Three deer hunters are in custody after a pair of gunshots injured two male students playing basketball at Harwell Middle School late Monday afternoon.
Investigators detained the men after the teenage boys trying out for the school basketball team were hit by the gunshots outside on the northwest quadrant of the campus.
One of the victims, a 14-year-old boy, is in critical condition and was rushed into surgery at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen. The boy was hit in right side toward the upper side of his torso.
A bullet was lodged in one of his organs, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño said.
The other student, a 13-year-old boy, was taken to McAllen Medical Center. He is believed to be in stable condition after he underwent surgery for a gunshot wound near his right armpit.
Authorities have not released the boys' identities.
The shots came from a field west of the school about 4:45 p.m. Monday as the students tried out for the school basketball team outside on the campus' northwest side.
One student was hit while shooting a layup. The other was sitting on the curb, awaiting his turn.
Immediately afterward, a DPS helicopter helped find one man north of the campus with a .223-caliber semiautomatic rifle, Treviño said. He was taken into custody and being questioned.
Two other hunters on the nearby ranch toting .30-caliber rifles were taken into custody, as well.
“This is a major crime,” the sheriff said.
Deputies have not determined whether the gunshots came from any of the three mens' rifles. Treviño said criminal charges would be filed if investigators believe any of the hunters fired toward the school intentionally, recklessly or in negligence.
Investigators were waiting for surgeons to remove the bullets from the boys so they could confirm the caliber and whether they came from any of the hunters' rifles.
"It's too early to give a final determination," Treviño said.
Harwell Middle School is bordered by ranches leased to hunters on the campus' west and north sides, Treviño said.
A wooded area stands about 400 yards from the school's fenceline, where the gunshots may have originated, Treviño said.
Sheriff's deputies are leading the investigation alongside Edinburg school district police. About 75 deputies, constables and police officers responded to the scene.
A swarm of deputies is set to return to the area Tuesday morning.
Treviño said upwards of 40 deputies in several lines would walk the surrounding fields to look for any bullet casings believed to have been fired Monday afternoon. They will be accompanied by dogs trained to pick up the scent of recently fired munitions.
Edinburg schools Superintendent Rene Gutierrez declined making any immediate comment about the situation at the school.
“I need to assess what’s going on before I make any comment,” he said as he drove past the police line.
Families of students and teachers rushed to the school to check on their children after word quickly spread of the shooting. Mothers cried as they attempted to reach their kids via cell phone.
Parents grew increasingly frustrated that authorities would not release details of the reported victims, leaving the adults to wonder whether their children were injured.
The Edinburg school district lacks any sort of e-mail or cellphone-based emergency alert system now common on college campuses, such as the "Bronc Alert" system at the University of Texas-Pan American.
Shortly before 6 p.m., county officials said parents gathered near the police line should return to their cars. Officials said they would take students to a safe zone to return the children to their parents.
That cause parents to rush back to their cars, making traffic a bit worse.
Danny Montalvo, 36, is the husband of a Harwell Middle School English teacher. His 13-year-old daughter attends the school and his 7-year-old girl goes to the elementary next door.
"She called me," Montalvo said of his wife. "She was just being real quiet and said she had my two girls safe. She said they were on lockdown and under the tables. My girls are just scared."
Authorities said the school was placed on lockdown after the report of shots fired. The lockdown was lifted about 6:20 p.m. Monday.
"All the students are scared and she’s trying to keep them calm," Montalvo said of his wife.
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