Mesquite ISD schools open again after bank robbery and shooting forces morning lockdown

by PegNews wire

Robber shoots once, hits two unarmed women. What an accomplishment.

This morning (Oct. 31) at about 9:30 a.m., a bank robbery at the Compass Bank branch at 3100 N. Galloway resulted in the lockdown of ten Mesquite ISD schools as a precautionary measure.

The bandit - a black male of average build in his early 30s, who wore a backpack, black cap, black shirt, black pants, and had a bandage on his nose - wielded a chrome-plated handgun with either chilling disregard for the welfare of those around him, or a level of expert marksmanship that ended with him striking two women with one shot (one in the leg, the other in the head - though thankfully only as a grazing wound).

The schools that were locked down reopened around noontime; the bandit is still at large.

posted by JM