CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Two and a half years ago, Texas State Roofing Company asked Corpus Christi ISD to move a Driscoll Middle School bus stop away from the corner of Staples Street and Coleman Avenue, hoping to create distance between students and the large homeless population that gathers near The Station Church. Employees say that decision may have prevented a tragedy on Monday morning.
Parents and workers say a homeless man experiencing a mental health crisis — and carrying a knife — approached the bus stop as students waited for their ride to school. Nicole Soliz, an office administrator at Texas State Roofing Company, said one mother ran into the business terrified after witnessing the man pacing and behaving erratically just feet from the children.
“She saw a gentleman with a knife, he was mumbling. He was very angry. He was talking to himself, and immediately we called the police,” Soliz said…