Some parents at Pioneer Technology and Arts Academy are expressing outrage at disciplinary action handed down to a handful of students over how they reacted upon learning their classmate showed up to school armed with a gun.
Mesquite police rushed to the public charter school on February 19 after an assistant principal called 911 reporting an armed student was holed in an office.
Body camera video shows officers trying to talk down the teen before opening fire after he appeared to raise his arms while holding a firearm.
The teen suffered a minor injury and was taken into custody.
NBC 5 has learned that at least three students have been suspended for not allegedly reporting their classmate brought a gun to school, according to the parents of two affected students.
Marta Fonseca asked NBC 5 to hear directly from her 15-year-old daughter about what happened that morning and why she reacted the way she did.
