Lake Highlands junior killed, no arrests announced
DALLAS - Dallas police are investigating a shooting that ended with the death of an 11th grader who attended Lake Highlands High School.
The shooting happened Tuesday evening at an apartment complex not far from the school.
Police don't have much information about what led up to it, but the mother of 16-year-old Dadrien Harrison said he was at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Crisis counselors will be on the campus of Lake Highlands High School for the rest of the week, and students will again have to go through metal detectors following the shooting death of a student.
"He was going to the military next year. I don't understand," Harrison’s mother, Ashley Kelly, said.
Dadrien Harrison
At about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, which was about an hour after school ended, Harrison was shot and killed at an apartment complex near Lake Highlands High School in Northeast Dallas.
"His friends said they were walking, guys chasing behind them, started shooting. They looked back at my son and he was the one shot in the back," Kelly said.
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Dallas police gave limited information about the shooting.
There’s no suspect or a description, and police have not provided information about whether or not the shooter was known to the victim.
Despite the shooting being off campus, Richardson ISD alerted parents Tuesday with a letter.
On Wednesday, students went through metal detectors to get inside the school.
The district confirmed Harrison was an 11th grader at the school.
It provided grief counselors and said students will again go through metal detectors Thursday.
The district is asking students to arrive a few minutes early to speed up the screening process.
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For Harrison’s grieving mother, she just wants answers.
"He was a good boy, respectable boy," Kelly said through tears. "Wrong place, wrong time."