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Lavon Police Search for Juvenile in Fatal Shooting as Schools Tighten Security

The district has limited visitors after identifying the suspect as a Community Trails Middle School student.

Overview

  • Officers responded around 8:50 p.m. Saturday to a home on Wellington Drive in Crestridge Meadows, where a man with multiple gunshot wounds later died.
  • Police say the suspect is a juvenile who fled on foot after an altercation and that the shooting appears targeted with no indication of a broader threat to campuses.
  • Community ISD has closed visitor access at Community Trails Middle School, Dodson Elementary, and NeSmith Elementary and added security until an arrest is made.
  • The district says the student has not been on campus since Nov. 11, and authorities are withholding both the suspect’s and victim’s identities.
  • Investigators are asking for tips and video from the public, including anonymous submissions by texting the keyword LAVONPD to 847411.