One man has died after a shooting in a Forney neighborhood near a school Friday afternoon, according to the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office.
A driver stopped at a Forney middle school for help after two people were shot in a nearby neighborhood Friday afternoon. Two people are now in custody, officials say.
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WATCH HEREPolice said they responded to a shooting call in the 2000 block of Chisholm Trail at around 2 p.m. Police converged on a house on that street in the Windmill Farms neighborhood.
A woman who lives in the area told NBC 5 she heard a rapid volley of shots and described the chaos she witnessed.
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SIGN UP "I saw a kid running down the street and he looked like he was running for his life honestly. He lost his shoe, kept running, and there was a white car that was speeding past and shooting," said neighbor Rachel Shuford.
The Forney Independent School District told NBC 5 that all students and staff were safe inside the school. The district said the driver stopped at the school for help and that whatever led to the violence that injured two people had occurred off campus.
When NBC 5's Texas Sky Ranger arrived over the Brown Middle School at about 2:30 p.m., a person on a stretcher was being loaded onto an air ambulance that landed in the school's pickup lanes. Outside the entrance to the school, a stopped white sedan was surrounded by crime scene tape with several law enforcement vehicles nearby.
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The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office confirmed two people had been shot and Friday evening stated that one adult male had died and another adult male was transported to a Dallas hospital. They also said that two people were in custody, though they didn't elaborate further or say what led to the gunfire.
The Dallas County Medical Examiner confirmed the victim who died was Caden MacChristian Rider.
Officials emphasized that the incident did not occur on school property.
The Forney ISD told NBC 5 that North Forney, Brown Middle School, Smith Intermediate, Dewberry Elementary, Blackburn Elementary and Forney Learning Academy were placed in a "secure" status Friday afternoon. At 3 p.m., the district told NBC 5 that all schools except Brown Middle School would be released as usual. At 3:30 p.m., the district said parents of students at Brown Middle School could pick up their children early at the stadium and that they should enter the parking lot off Windmill Farms Boulevard. Walkers will be released as normal at 4 p.m.
Roads near the middle school were temporarily closed to traffic.
On Dec. 20, 2024, five people were injured in the same neighborhood after a fight broke out among high school students. During efforts to de-escalate the situation, an officer’s weapon discharged, striking the street. Shrapnel from the impact injured a Kaufman County deputy, a Forney ISD officer, and three juveniles, according to the sheriff’s office.
