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Off-duty Dallas ISD worker accidentally shoots self at Umphrey Lee Elementary
« on: November 16, 2009, 05:52:47 PM »
By TAWNELL D. HOBBS / The Dallas Morning News
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An off-duty Dallas school district employee visiting Umphrey Lee Elementary School accidentally shot himself about 7:30 a.m. Monday and faces a felony charge, a spokesman said. No students were hurt.

Umphrey Lee Elementary School
The maintenance worker, whose name was not released, suffered an injury to the upper leg but was able to walk to an ambulance afterwards, Dallas ISD spokesman Jon Dahlander said. He added that he was unaware of the condition of the employee, who was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Dahlander said that the employee, who had taken the day off work, was visiting his grandchildren at the South Oak Cliff campus before the school day began. The man had helped the principal with some packages before visiting with a custodian in his office.

The shooting occurred when the man leaned over to look out of the custodian's doorway, Dahlander said. He apparently had a gun in his pocket or tucked in his pants, he said.

"He told the custodian, `Can you call 911, I just shot myself,' " Dahlander said.

The custodian called for the principal and then 911 was called.

Dahlander said no one else was injured and no students were in the immediate vicinity of the shooting.

Dahlander said DISD police will file 3rd-degree felony charges against the man, who he said is about 52, for having the weapon on campus. The employee is also on leave from the district, and Dahlander said he understands that the district is already moving to terminate the employee.

"You cannot have a firearm on school campus," Dahlander said. "It did not appear that he was there to use the weapon on anybody at the school, he was just visiting with people."

The school remains open while school district police investigate.

Umphrey Lee does not have metal detectors, said parents familiar with the school.

John Thomas, the grandparent of fifth-grader Steven Green, arrived with the youngster hours after the shooting. The boy was late because of a doctor's appointment.

"Nobody should bring a gun into school," Thomas said. "After all the shootings that have happened in the past, this shouldn't happen.

"This is supposed to be a place of safety."

Staff Writers Avi Selk and Chris Dell contributed to this report
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Re: Off-duty Dallas ISD worker accidentally shoots self at Umphrey Lee Elementary
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2009, 05:56:08 PM »
guns don't go bang by themselfs... 
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Re: Off-duty Dallas ISD worker accidentally shoots self at Umphrey Lee Elementary
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2009, 05:58:42 PM »
Smacking myself on the forehead and shaking my head slowly.   
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Re: Off-duty Dallas ISD worker accidentally shoots self at Umphrey Lee Elementary
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2009, 08:51:33 PM »
Let's see the zero tolerance policy at work....

Quote from: PegLeg45 on November 16, 2009, 05:58:42 PM
Smacking myself on the forehead and shaking my head slowly.   

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Re: Off-duty Dallas ISD worker accidentally shoots self at Umphrey Lee Elementary
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2009, 01:05:04 AM »
Ok..... Maybe I'm the only one on this forum who'll get this, but THERE's a PUBLIC SCHOOL in SOUTH OAK CLIFF that DOESN'T HAVE METAL DETECTORS?!? :o
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Re: Off-duty Dallas ISD worker accidentally shoots self at Umphrey Lee Elementary
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Re: Off-duty Dallas ISD worker accidentally shoots self at Umphrey Lee Elementary
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2009, 10:50:40 AM »
Quote from: Walter45Auto on November 17, 2009, 01:05:04 AM
Ok..... Maybe I'm the only one on this forum who'll get this, but THERE's a PUBLIC SCHOOL in SOUTH OAK CLIFF that DOESN'T HAVE METAL DETECTORS?!? :o

Your not the only one that gets this   :)
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Re: Off-duty Dallas ISD worker accidentally shoots self at Umphrey Lee Elementary
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2009, 02:01:39 PM »
This forum is a little bit smaller world than I thought then. ;D
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Re: Off-duty Dallas ISD worker accidentally shoots self at Umphrey Lee Elementary
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2009, 02:04:16 PM »
Ya know, I would have bet money after seeing the title that this involved one of the "DISD police" that they have now. I'd have  lost  too. That's what I always get for thinking.....



Can't help it, I went to a DISD school.  ;D
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