{"id":143449,"date":"2026-01-30T01:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/143449\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T01:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:39:09","slug":"families-scramble-to-northeast-side-school-after-report-of-gunman-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/143449\/","title":{"rendered":"Families scramble to Northeast Side school after report of gunman on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Just as classes began Thursday morning at a Northeast Side school, parents showed up and demanded to take their children home after they heard the school was placed on lockdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n

San Antonio police said they responded just before 8 a.m. to IDEA Public Schools\u2019 Judson campus in response to reports of a student with a firearm.<\/p>\n

Officers began searching the building while a helicopter and drone flew overhead, but a crowd of parents, guardians and family members formed outside the campus\u2019s iron gates.<\/p>\n

Art Guillermo was one of those family members, leaving work in a rush to pick up his grandchild.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just took off over here right away. I was going to stay and couldn\u2019t concentrate,\u201d Guillermo said. \u201cWe\u2019re just worried that she\u2019s scared out of her mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eddie Bilbraut said he could tell something was off when he dropped his daughter off at school minutes before, but said staff members did not tell him what it was.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are (they) not telling me, \u2018Don\u2019t leave your kid,\u2019 \u2018Take your kid with you?\u2019\u201d he told KSAT 12.<\/p>\n

Raquel Bilbraut was also upset with what she described as a lack of details about the incident, saying the emails were too vague.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat doesn\u2019t tell me anything,\u201d she said, after reading a paragraph from the email aloud. \u201cYou\u2019re letting our children into the school when you already suspect something is going on? That\u2019s ridiculous!\u201d<\/p>\n

As parents worried outside, Jayden Pendilla said he began to spiral inside his classroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I realized it got real, they started barricading the doors. And I was, like, \u2018Ok.\u2019 Then I started to pray a little bit,\u201d he said. \u201cI was texting my parents, my friends, \u2018If today is my time, if I might die,\u2019 I texted my friends, \u2018Thank you for being there for me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly after 10:30 a.m., a lieutenant announced the building had been cleared. He said no weapons were found and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

While an IDEA Public Schools spokesperson told KSAT all students would be dismissed for the day, it took nearly an hour following the all-clear for students to begin being released.<\/p>\n

The San Antonio Police Department said it is still investigating the incident, and is not yet able to say whether anyone will face criminal charges in this case.<\/p>\n

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