A parent was arrested at Berry Middle School in Mesquite, Texas after police say they arrived at the campus with a handgun, prompting a school lockdown. According to CBS, the parent was reportedly experiencing a mental health crisis, and Mesquite ISD said all students and staff remained safe throughout the response.
Mesquite police said the school resource officer assigned to Berry Middle School asked for additional officers to help with the parent. Officers found the parent between the two sets of double doors at the school entrance and took the parent into custody. During the encounter, they discovered the parent was carrying a handgun.
The parent was arrested on a charge of unlawfully carrying a weapon in a prohibited place, and police have not released the parent’s name because of the nature of the incident. As the case remains under investigation, the charge has not been proven in court.
Police say the parent never got past the second set of doors
Mesquite police said the handgun was never displayed, and the parent did not make it beyond the second set of entrance doors at Berry Middle School. In a statement, Mesquite ISD said the individual never entered the school past the secured entrance area, which sits on the campus on Bear Drive near East Cartwright Road.
The district also sought to reassure families with three points: the individual never went beyond the secured entrance area, the handgun was never displayed, and every student and staff member remained safe. Mesquite ISD said it took the precautions at Berry Middle School while law enforcement worked to bring the situation under control…