A total of four people are said to have been involved. Two are injured, one is in critical condition, and another is in police custody.
GARLAND, Texas — Two people were shot, and one is currently in critical condition after an afternoon shooting in a park located in the area of Garland High School, authorities tell WFAA.
The Garland Police Department sent out an alert via its social media channels just before 4:30 p.m., warning people to avoid Central Park near the area of Avenue F and Garland Avenue (SH 78).
In the alert, GPD reported a significant police presence in the park at that time, and our chopper caught overhead footage of several GPD units near a closed-off area of Central Park, along with seemingly uniformed and plain-clothed officers.
Officials would later tell WFAA that a total of four people were involved in what they believed to be a meet-up in the park that happened just before 3 p.m. They said the meet was “tied to the sale of illicit material” and that the meet “went awry” while also calling the shooting an isolated incident.
Beyond the two injured in the shooting, a third person was said to have driven away from the scene before being located by police at another location.
All four involved are said to be male teenagers, police say. An investigation is currently ongoing involving both the Garland Police and Garland ISD.