Arlington police saying students will be bussed to a parent Reunification Point once the school is secured. Brynn gingras is following the story for us. Brynn, what do we know . Reporter we dont clearly have an idea whats happening inside that high school, Timber View High School in arlington, texas. As you pointed out, the Arlington Police department is taking the lead on this investigation. They tweeted not too long ago that there was an active shooter situation and that the extent of injuries was unknown at that point. In the meantime, just within the last few minutes, we have learned more federal partners have arrived there on the scene to assist that department as well as other local departments in that outside dallas area, including, as you mentioned, the atf and the fbi located in dallas. So as youre seeing there on your screen on the left side, there are police im sorry, rather, School Butses that are going into the parking lot of that school. We know that a Parent Reunificatio
Ed lavandera is in arlington, texas. Has everything been evacuated from the school . It looks like investigators an police here at the scene at the school, which is part of the Mansfield Independent School district, but inside the city of arlington, in that process is beginning to unfold. You can see there in the distance behind these Police Vehicles and s. W. A. T. Vehicles, theres a fleet of yellow schoolbuses here. What we were told is that as investigators and First Responders here have been going through the school securing the scene, making sure no one else was involved in the shooting and searching the school, that those students would begin the process of being escorted out of the building. Theyre going to be put on those schoolbuses, taken to a nearby Performing Arts Center and then they can reunite with family members. Thats where theyve asked parents and family to wait for these students to be cleared from the school, but as you mentioned, the search for 18yearold Timothy Ge
Enforcement are on the scene, a man hunt is underway. Casey stegall is joining us by phone, he rushed to the site of this Shooting Reunification Site in arlington, texas. Casey, give us some sense of what it has been like for parents as they reunite with their children who were in the school at the time of the shooting. Casey you can imagine. I just spoke with a guy literally a few minutes ago, he said his daughter is a sophomore. He was parking in the parking lot because the traffic is so bad. He was going to hoof it to the Performing Arts Center. Not far, just a stones throw away from The High School itself. That has been identified as the official Reunification Center and that is where once the official allclear is given and the students are able to board the buses and leave the property, they will be brought to this location so they can be reuniified with their parents. They want to put the right kids with the right people after a Security Incident like this. They would be taking a
Thank you for your time, chief. I know you just are getting plugged in here oh, can you hear me okay . Craig melvin. Yes, are you talking to me, craig, i can hear you. Yes, and were live on msnbc right now. Let me start with what do you make of what were seeing unfold so far and the facts as we know them at this hour . Just after noon . Obviously another tragic Match Shooting that were experiencing here. It is become an epidemic this country. Its very sad to see. I know there are multiple casualties. Details will variety as they come out. The fact that there is a lot of buses there, theyre moeing the unaffected victims out to a reunification point, these are always very dynamic very scary, and there could be potential traps in the bidding depending on what the shooter had in mind. That could be a concern, trying to extracated everyone safely. Im not sure if the suspect is in custody yet or what happened, but it looks like a Significant Police presence. Youre right, we dont know that. I
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