Officials with YES Prep say a former student came to the Southwest Secondary campus around 11:45 a.m. and opened fire. No students were injured, but an administrator was and a suspect is in custody.
kali9/iStock(HOUSTON) A suspect who was armed with a rifle is in custody and a school employee has been rushed to the hospital following reports of an active shooter at a Houston prep school, local authorities said. Houston police said a call about reports of an active shooting came in at 11:45 a.m. at 4400 Anderson Road at Hiram Clarke, the address for YES Prep Southwest Secondary. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said in a press conference Friday that officers arrived to the scene "within minutes" following the call and once inside the school came upon the suspect "armed with a rifle" and he "surrendered without incident." The gunman was not named, but identified as a 25-year-old Black male who was a former student of the school. "When he came to the building, the front door, the glass door, it was locked. He gained entry by shooting on the glass door and immediately fired upon one of the employees of the school," Finner said. The employee, d