HOUSTON, Texas – Two students have been charged after Houston Independent School District officials said they were caught with weapons on Lamar High School’s campus Tuesday morning.
In a message to parents, Lamar HS principal Rita Graves said their campus was alerted about a student who may be attempting to bring a gun to the school Tuesday. She said after a short off-campus pursuit the weapon was found and the student was detained.
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Shortly after, the administration was alerted about another student with a possible weapon. The student was searched and the weapon was confiscated.
Both students now face felony possession of a weapon charge. One of the students who is 17 years old, was given a $50,000 bond.
Here’s is the full message that was sent to parents:
All students and staff are safe, but I do need to make our school community aware of a serious safety incident that occurred this morning. Our campus administration was made aware that a student may attempt to bring a gun to school this morning. HISD PD responded immediately and, after a brief off-campus pursuit, police were able to locate the weapon and detain the student. Administration suspected that another student may also be in possession of a weapon. The student was searched by HISD police on campus and a weapon was confiscated. Both students will be assigned disciplinary actions aligned with the Texas Education Code and have been charged with a felony criminal offense by the District Attorney (DA).
HISD takes every threat to campus safety seriously and works closely with local law enforcement agencies to thoroughly investigate and take necessary actions to ensure the safety of all students and staff. As an added precautionary measure, we will have increased on-campus patrols and will be wanding all students with hand-held metal detectors during morning arrival until we are confident this has been resolved. Students may experience a short delay at entry. All students should enter at the Transit Center or on the 2nd level from the garage. The safety and well-being of our students and staff is our top priority.
Please do not hesitate to contact your student’s Assistant Principal if you have any questions.
Again, this is an important message for Lamar High School parents and students from Principal Rita Graves.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the first weapon incident Houston ISD has seen since school started back. In August, KPRC 2 was the first to report the two students at Bellaire High School who were caught with weapons on campus.
We’ve reached out to Houston ISD to see how the district is responding to these ongoing incidents.