A Van ISD employee was shot after a district-sponsored concealed handgun training class on Wednesday, February 27. The injury, described as minor, was caused by a “mechanical malfunction” with the weapon that may have caused a misfire, according to a statement from Van ISD.
A Van ISD employee was shot after a district-sponsored concealed handgun training class on Wednesday, February 27. The injury, described as minor, was caused by a “mechanical malfunction” with the weapon that may have caused a misfire, according to a statement from Van ISD.
After the gun misfired, “the bullet ricocheted coming back to strike the VISD employee in the left leg.” The employee was treated at the scene and later transferred to Tyler’s ETMC for treatment. The employee’s name was not released citing privacy issues.
Van ISD is the closest campus to Forney ISD that allows staff and teachers to carry concealed firearms on campus. More than 2,000 students attend the five Van ISD campuses less than an hour east of Forney, Texas. Van ISD School Board members passed the measure in January 2013, that would allow staff and teachers to carry concealed firearms.
Full statement from Van ISD:
At the conclusion of the CHL training on February 27, 2013, one certified person stayed for private instruction with the instructor and had a mechanical malfunction with his weapon. With the assistance of the instructor, the malfunction was addressed, but the gun misfired and the bullet ricocheted coming back to strike the VISD employee in the left leg. The VISD employee was attended to at the scene and transferred to Tyler for further treatment. The injury is not life threatening or disabling. Because of privacy and security issues we cannot make any further statement.
