{"id":413251,"date":"2026-08-21T21:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413251\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T21:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T21:44:11","slug":"fort-worth-high-school-put-on-lockdown-after-fireworks-set-off-in-bathroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413251\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth high school put on lockdown after fireworks set off in bathroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FORT WORTH, Texas – A brief lockdown at a Fort Worth ISD high school was caused by fireworks being set off in a bathroom, and not gunshots as originally reported.<\/p>\n

Arlington Heights High School lockdown \"\" <\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

On Friday, Aug. 21, at around 8:15 a.m., Fort Worth Police responded to Arlington Heights High School after reports were made about possible gunfire inside the school.<\/p>\n

Fort Worth PD, school resource officers, neighborhood police officers and patrol officers responded to the incident, and Arlington Heights High School was placed on lockdown.<\/p>\n

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When officers arrived at the scene, they determined that fireworks had been set off inside a bathroom in the school, and there were no gunshots fired.<\/p>\n

The lockdown at Arlington Heights HS has been lifted, and there is no active threat at this time.<\/p>\n

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What we don’t know:<\/p>\n

Officials did not identify who set off the fireworks inside the school’s bathroom.<\/p>\n

Parents, students react <\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

“Everyone was terrified.”<\/p>\n

Jessica Castillo, whose son Maddox Chapman is a sophomore at Arlington Heights High School, lamented that students didn’t have access to cell phones during the incident.<\/p>\n

“As a parent, wrong or right, you need to have a phone because of things like this,” Castillo tells FOX 4’s Dionne Anglin. “We have no way of knowing as parents, especially if there is a lockdown.”<\/p>\n

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The no-cell phone policy in Fort Worth ISD is a statewide policy that prohibits students from having a cell phone in school.<\/p>\n

Maddox Chapman says he initially thought the noises were drums before hearing the lockdown alert over the loudspeaker. He described teachers running around inside the school after the announcement.<\/p>\n

“I was super scared for a minute, but we realized it was fireworks at the time.”<\/p>\n

What’s next:<\/p>\n

School administration is working through surveillance footage to determine which student or students set off the fireworks.<\/p>\n

We don’t know if criminal charges will be filed after the investigation is complete.<\/p>\n

The Source: Information in this story comes from the Fort Worth Police Department, Arlington Heights High School and interviews with parents and students.<\/p>\n

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