Update at 12:45 p.m. ET: A seventh grade student who said he was two classrooms from where the shooting took place said the school was already on lockdown when he heard three shots, the Associated Press reports. Miguel Grimaldo, 12, said students later followed police out of the building and boarded buses that took them to a neighboring park, where his mother picked him up late this morning.
Brownsville is 280 miles south of San Antonio on the southern tip of Texas.
The details have been coming together in subsequent updates. Police confirm the teenager "engaged" them but whether that meant firing the gun is not known. Another teenager has been held for questioning. The teacher was not identified, but it seems an adult staff from the school made the original call reporting the gun.
No matter what happened today, regardless of what facts come to light, my heart goes out to the boy, his family and those who were scared and saddened today. When it's all sorted out a follow-up will be coming.
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