AMARILLO POLICE DEPARTMENT
MEDIA/PUBLIC RELEASE
DATE: February 20, 2024
TIME: 9:30AM
CASE NUMBER: 24-502888
INCIDENT TYPE: Attempted Aggravated Assault DW; Unlawful Carry Weapon-Weapon Free Zone; Terroristic Threat; Aggravated Assault DW; Unlawful Carry Weapon-Prohibited Place
OFFICER SUBMITTING RELEASE: Sgt. Carla Burr-PIO
DETAILS:
On Tuesday, February 20, at 9:30am, officers were called to meet the school administration at Travis Middle School 6th Grade Campus on a student with a gun. When officers arrived, they were advised by School Administration they had received a report of a student on campus with a gun. School Administration located this student and took him to the office. School Administration recovered a gun from this student. Officers arrived on campus where an investigation was conducted. It was found that the juvenile suspect had shown the gun to another student in one of the bathrooms, a third student was in the bathroom when the second juvenile suspect was looking at the gun. The second juvenile suspect pointed the gun at that third student. Later during the officer’s investigation, they learned the student had made comments to other students of shooting someone on campus. The two juvenile male students, aged 12, were arrested and booked into the Youth Center of the High Plains. They were charged with Attempted Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon; Unlawful Carry Weapon-Weapon Free Zone; Terroristic Threat; Aggravated Assault Deadly Weapon; and Unlawful Carry Weapon-Prohibited Place. This incident is under investigation by the Juvenile Investigations Unit.
This incident was resolved quickly and without anyone being injured due to someone reporting this incident. We know that takes a lot of courage to do and we are so thankful they made the choice to protect their community by standing up against this danger.
