SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Lex Leonard is the proud parent of two students at Truman Elementary.
She says Thursday afternoon was stressful, to say the least.
“I work just down the street and from my job I watched an officer fly by, had no idea, did not assume it was my kids school. About 10 minutes later, I’m pulling up to the school to get my kids and I have a few different friends who have kids there who are messaging me about some things happening that there are cops there, but no one knows what’s going on, but someone read something about a gun,” Leonard said. “So we are all absolutely panicked. We are terrified that every parent’s worst nightmare is what we were about to live through.”
It was revealed later that a person in the school pick-up lane had accidentally shot themselves in the leg that afternoon.
“It’s just unfathomable that one, someone had a gun on school premises and two, that it was anywhere accessible or that there was any chance that something could have gone wrong,” Leonard said. “Honestly, it is a blessing that it only got him in the leg and it didn’t go through the car and get a child or a teacher or anybody else.”