A high school student shot by a classmate was after getting off a school bus in northwest Houston at the time of the incident, reported Click 2 Houston.

The student, who attends Scarborough High School, was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg on March 20, according to the news report. The shooting occurred after the bus stopped near Langwood Park and Benbrook Elementary School, the article noted.

Investigators believe an altercation began on the school bus and continued after the students exited.

“What we believe happened is there was a fight on a school bus here,” said Lt. Larry Crowson of the Houston Police Department. “The fight continued off the school bus into the intersection where you had one student shoot another student.”

A nearby resident who witnessed the shooting said she heard three gunshots and called 911 while rushing to help the injured student.

“I was trying to put a tourniquet on his foot since there was a lot of blood,” the woman told local news reporters. “One person put a sweater on top, and another man put a belt around his leg so he wouldn’t lose too much blood.”

The witness also said the shooting happened near areas where children frequently gather, including a park and nearby school, raising concerns among residents.

Authorities added that a nearby elementary school where an after-school program was being held was placed on lockdown during the investigation. The suspected shooter, also a student, was later located at a nearby home and taken into custody, police said. Authorities have not released additional details about potential charges. The condition of the student shot has not been publicly released.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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A 38-year-old man already facing charges in a separate case is accused of pointing what appeared to be a long gun at a school bus transporting nine children in southern Minnesota, reported Fox 9.

According to the news report, police charged Alex Jeffrey Wolters with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and threats of violence following the March 5 incident in Faribault.

Police said officers received a report around 7:40 a.m. from a school bus aide who claimed they saw a man brandishing a gun. Investigators later identified the man as Wolters.

Law enforcement officials reviewed video from the school bus that showed the aide reacting after spotting the object. The bus was transporting nine children at the time of the incident. Authorities arrested Wolters several hours later.

During a post-Miranda interview, Wolters denied pointing anything at the bus but acknowledged he had been in his home garage that morning. He told police he had been working on an insulation project and went into the garage to retrieve an item. Officers later found a copper tube and black plastic tubing in the home’s attic that, when combined, resembled a long gun.

Police also spoke with Wolters’ father, who allowed investigators to inspect two-gun safes inside the home. Authorities said one safe appeared to have been tampered with since the father said he last used it. Another safe appeared partially opened but remained locked.

The complaint states the tampered safe contained several rifles, shotguns and a pistol, while the other safe held two pellet rifles.

Court records indicate Wolters was already on pretrial supervision in a separate 2025 case involving threats of violence. He allegedly threatened to “murder everyone” in a local apartment building, saying he would go to a police station and “kill the police.”

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New details emerged from an incident involving a student with a handgun while riding a school bus in Kanawha County, West Virginia that led to a teacher’s aide also being arrested, reported Metro News.

St. Albans Police Department officers were called on Jan. 21 after a student at Hayes Middle School was discovered with a handgun on his school bus around 3:15 p.m. A school employee who was on board the bus confiscated the weapon and turned it over to school officials.

Police said the juvenile was later released into the custody of a guardian, who indicated they had no knowledge the student possessed a firearm. Authorities also revealed the handgun had been reported stolen the night before the incident.

As the investigation continued, police then arrested Heather Dawn Sherrod, 46, of St. Albans, a teacher’s aide at Hayes Middle School. Sherrod was charged with failing to report a firearm and was taken into custody.

A criminal complaint was filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court. Investigators learned that Sherrod was informed by a student around 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 21 that a handgun had been pointed at another student. Police allege that despite being a mandated reporter, Sherrod did not report the incident. The complaint states Sherrod admitted she knew she was required to report the information but failed to do so.

Sherrod is currently being held at South Central Regional Jail on a $2,500 bond. The St. Albans Police Department continues to work closely with the Kanawha County Prosecutor’s Office as the investigation remains ongoing.

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