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People locomotion down the roadworthy extracurricular YES Prep Southwest Secondary schoolhouse aft a shooting connected Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 successful Houston. An worker astatine the Houston charter schoolhouse was changeable and wounded by a erstwhile student, constabulary said. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said a 25-year-old antheral surrendered aft being surrounded by police. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

HOUSTON – A erstwhile pupil of a Houston nationalist charter schoolhouse changeable and wounded the field main Friday earlier rapidly surrendering to police, authorities said.

The 25-year-old antheral changeable done a locked, solid doorway astatine YES Prep Southwest Secondary, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said. No students were hurt.

Police initially identified the wounded arsenic a schoolhouse employee, but a connection from the YES Prep charter strategy aboriginal identified him arsenic Principal Eric Espinoza.

In a missive to students and families, YES Prep CEO Mark DiBella said Espinoza was grazed by a slug from behind. He was taken to a infirmary and was expected to beryllium released Friday.

“We had an incredibly frightening time and are immensely grateful determination were nary life-threatening injuries,” DiBella said successful the letter.

Police did not merchandise the sanction of the shooter but said they were capable to rapidly place him due to the fact that helium was a erstwhile student. Police besides did not merchandise a motive, but Finner said authorities were investigating whether the shooter and wounded antheral had immoderate past interactions.

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The shooting happened astatine astir 11:45 a.m.

A enactment of students successful masks streamed retired of the schoolhouse conscionable earlier 1 p.m., holding their hands up to amusement officers they were not carrying a weapon. Multiple students told reporters successful Spanish and English what they witnessed. Some said they saw humor portion leaving the building, and others said they hid and blocked doorways with furnishings similar they had practiced successful drills to past a shooting.

Parents could beryllium seen having tearful reunions arsenic they met their children successful a parking batch adjacent the school.

“You don’t privation thing similar this to happen,” Finner said, “but I privation to commend those students. Every pupil I’ve seen coming out, they were calm. The administrators, the teachers, outstanding job. I privation to commend them. ... They bid for it.”

YES Prep Southwest Secondary serves students successful sixth done 12th grades.

The shooting Friday happened astir 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the tract of 1 of the deadliest schoolhouse shootings successful U.S. history. A then-17-year-old equipped with a shotgun and a pistol opened occurrence astatine Santa Fe High School successful May 2018, sidesplitting 10 people, astir of whom were students. The fishy has been receiving intelligence wellness attraction astatine a authorities infirmary since December 2019. Doctors accidental helium remains incompetent to basal proceedings connected authorities superior execution charges. He besides faces national charges successful a sealed transgression case.

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