15-year-old girl shot by teen in Dallas, police say
DALLAS - A 15-year-old Dallas ISD student was taken to a hospital after someone shot her in the leg Wednesday afternoon in a shooting that happened just blocks from her school.
It happened while school was in session, near Spruce High School in Pleasant Grove.
Police have not released many details, including what led up to the shooting, or why the teen wasn't on campus.
The teen girl who was shot is expected to recover.
A witness who called 911 told FOX 4 she heard screams and saw someone shooting, and she heard the victim’s friend yelling, "My friend got shot."
"As soon as I went out, I just saw a few kids stay outside the van, and the van zoomed away," Daniela Martinez recalled. "As soon as they zoomed away, they started shooting right around the corner from my house."
Martinez spoke with FOX 4 about the moment she saw a teenager get shot in her Pleasant Grove neighborhood Wednesday.
"It literally went, it came back, but it came that way, like the opposite way, but the police weren’t here yet," she said.
Police said the shooting happened just after 12:30 p.m., in a neighborhood off Old Seagoville Road and Masters Drive.
Dallas police said a teen shot a 15-year-old girl in the leg.
The shooting took place only a few blocks away from H. Grady Spruce High School.
Police wouldn’t say what led up to the shooting, but Martinez said she heard commotion and then screaming right before the shots were fired.
"As soon as that happened, a bunch of kids came running toward my house. I just saw a little girl and the friend started yelling, ‘My friend got shot, my friend got shot,’" she said. "I saw a little girl who had got shot in the leg and she was just bleeding."
Kathryn Estrada has a senior who attends Spruce High School.
"They sent out two messages. One I got earlier in the day, and one just now a fuller explanation," she said.
She said she got two phone calls from the school and a letter, which she shared with FOX 4.
In the letter to parents, Spruce High School said it briefly initiated a "safety protocol," and additional police remained at the campus for the rest of the day.
"I never thought that would happen. It was so unexpected," Martinez said.
Martinez said she’s just glad to hear a suspect is in custody.
"I hope the person that got shot is fine," she added.
Even though the shooting happened off campus, it happened during school hours.
Neither police, nor the district said why the student wasn’t on campus at the time.
The district also didn’t say whether the suspect was a student with the district.