Police stop armed parent suffering mental health crisis at Mesquite school

The Brief

  • Mesquite police stopped and arrested an armed parent experiencing a mental health crisis at Berry Middle School on Tuesday morning.
  • A school resource officer prevented the parent from getting past the second set of locked front entrance doors and safely seized a handgun.
  • The suspect’s identity has not been released due to the nature of the incident.

MESQUITE, Texas – Police officers at Berry Middle School in Mesquite stopped an armed parent who reportedly experienced a mental health crisis on the campus.

What we know:

The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the school on Bear Drive near E. Cartwright Road.…

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