South Oak Cliff High School freshman girl shot at park across campus
DALLAS - Police say a high school freshman was shot Monday afternoon just off the South Oak Cliff High School campus in Dallas.
It happened shortly before students were supposed to be dismissed from class.
The Dallas ISD student was at South Oak Cliff Renaissance Park across the street and not on campus. She ran back to the campus after she was shot to get help.
Home surveillance footage captured the sound of what sounds like seven gunshots ringing out through a neighborhood backing up to the high school.
After the shots, you can see a group scattering.
Daniela Carrillo lives nearby and was home when it happened.
"I was just laying in my room, and then I heard the gunshots," she recalled. "And then I look out the window, and I see some kids running down the direction to the school."
A freshman girl was struck by a bullet but is expected to be okay, according to Dallas ISD.
The shooting happened moments before school was supposed to let out for the day.
Dallas ISD didn’t make it immediately clear why the victim wasn’t in class at the time.
It’s unclear how many witnesses were there and how many of them were students.
Dallas City Councilmember Carolyn King Arnold, who was on scene Monday, spoke about how unsettling it is to hear of another shooting involving a student.
"I’m sure there was someone who saw this gathering in the park. It is not okay to be quiet," she said. "And I know young people feel like they might be called snitches, but I would much rather for an individual to know we have their back."
Just last Friday, 17-year-old Kimball High School student David Washington was killed at a gas station across the street from John Kincaid Stadium.
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"And it just tends to make everyone’s blood pressure go up," Arnold said. "Because, once again, it’s about the thought, ‘Not again. Not again.’ And ‘Surely not in our neighborhood.’"
Dallas police say the girl was grazed and taken to the hospital to be checked out but will be okay.
Dallas ISD believes the girl was a bystander and not the intended target.
Carrillo is glad no additional bystanders were shot.
"My brothers were in the living room, and they sounded like really close," she said.
Police have not released any information about the shooter.