Classes canceled Friday after 2 Roosevelt HS students shot near campus
DALLAS — Dallas ISD canceled classes Friday at Roosevelt High School of Innovation. The announcement came around midnight, hours after two students were shot near campus.
The district said classes were canceled "due to a credible threat," after confirming with district police. Administrators made the decision to shut down campus.
Dallas ISD's Director of Strategic Media Relations and Crisis Communications, Caren Rodriguez, told CBS News Texas that after the students were struck by gunfire near the Cedar Crest Golf Course, they drove back to the school to seek help.
Dallas Police say they were called to the 500 block of Bonnie View Ave. just before 7 p.m. to respond to a shooting. Police say the victim's vehicle was traveling on Bonnie View Road when the suspect's vehicle pulled up to the passenger side and fired shots.
CBS News Texas spoke with a friend of a Roosevelt High School football coach. He said the coach was taking two football players home after school, and the students — a 16-year-old male and 17-year-old male — were shot inside the car.
The driver wasn't injured, according to police. The victims were taken to a local hospital and are in stable condition.
There is no information about the suspect.
The investigation is ongoing.