Middle school students shot at a Texas school. Oops! [View all]

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So they might put up a cinderblock wall to protect students from stray bullets -- since there's no law requiring shooters to stay away from schools.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Edinburg-school-considers-bullet-barrier-2401305.php


EDINBURG - School officials said they would consider building a cinder-block fence to protect children from stray bullets after two middle school students playing outside were wounded Monday afternoon.

Two hunters who were practicing target-shooting about half a mile from the school in a rural area of Hidalgo County were questioned about the shooting. A third man, an illegal immigrant who told police he had just killed a javelina on nearby land, was in custody Tuesday, charged with criminal trespassing.

But authorities said Tuesday it's still unclear who fired the shots that injured the two boys, 13 and 14, as they were trying out for the school's basketball team. Investigators recovered a slug from one of the wounded teens and were waiting to see if it matched one of the rifles from the three men.

The shooting came as a shock to many parents who were alarmed to learn that hunting is allowed so close to the newly opened school and that no Texas law prohibits hunting on private land near a school.

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