MESQUITE, Texas — Mesquite Poteet High School and Austin Elementary were on a delayed start Monday as police responded to an officer-involved shooting in the area, police said.
Police said a man went to a Whataburger on Galloway Drive in front of Poteet High School with a knife shortly before 4 a.m. and threatened employees.
Police say they found the man next to the school and he began firing a long gun.
Officers and the man exchanged gunfire before the man ran to a home on Southwynd Street and was arrested, police say.
The suspect and officers were unharmed, police say.
Officials say there will be increased security at Poteet High School, but there's no threat.
Classes were delayed out of precaution, police said. As of 9 a.m., classes were tentatively scheduled to start at 10 a.m., Mesquite ISD said in a statement.
"We will continue to work with Mesquite Police to determine if any changes are necessary," the statement reads.
More information was not yet available.
