No injuries have been reported after shots were fired near a Dallas ISD high school on Tuesday, district officials said.
According to Dallas ISD, Tuesday afternoon at dismissal at Woodrow Wilson High School, shots were fired outside of the school's football field.
Dallas ISD said no injuries were reported as a result of the shooting.
Parents are now demanding action, saying they've warned the school something like this has been brewing for weeks.
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Robyn Schaub said her daughters are afraid to go to Woodrow Wilson High School these days and she said they aren't the only kids who feel that way.
"They're afraid to go to school. They're afraid to participate on sports teams because they have to practice in a park that is unsafe," said Schaub.
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Whitney Treadgill's kids go to the middle school next door.
"They've had to walk through fights, through multiple fights to get to their bus," said Treadgill.
The parents said the schools are using a city park next to the school for athletics and the park is the center of crime problems in the neighborhood that started with fights, and have moved to multiple instances with guns.
"When you discover a cache of weapons right outside your front door, I would think your main goal would be to keep those out of your building at the very least," said Scott Osborne, a parent of a Woodrow Wilson student.
A police report obtained by NBC 5 shows police found an AR-style pistol tossed in the bushes after a fight with around 20 people last month.
Dallas ISD police immediately responded and began to investigate the incident to locate and identify the responsible individuals.
Parents said the investigation is not enough.
"It's been finger-pointing about this isn't my jurisdiction and that isn't my jurisdiction and that's really got to get sorted out," said Schaub.
Feeling unheard, parents have used PTA money to pay for a private security guard on campus but with the city police and the district's police department both in play they don't understand why they have to.
Parents banded together to demand answers from retiring Superintendent Michael Hinojosa at a school meeting on Monday.
The meeting was set to be a community conversation about district growth, and achievements. However, parents were given a chance to address what they say are growing violence and drug issues in and around the school.
"We have to subvert his agenda tonight if he doesn't plan on addressing this, nothing else matters."
Additional police will be present on the Woodrow Wilson High School campus Thursday, Dallas ISD said.
Chief John Lawton confirms the shooting yesterday did fall under DISD Police jurisdiction.
Parents said they’ve also asked Dallas Police to step up patrol in areas near the school that are in their jurisdiction.
