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SALADO, Texas — Division is brewing in Central Texas after a Salado ISD employee was once put on administrative go away.
The Bell County Sheriff’s Department stated in a press free up that the employee allegedly brandished a gun after a bunch of kids rang his doorbell and ran away on Saturday, Aug. 19.
The youngsters’s oldsters say after the primary alleged shot, the person additionally shot at their house.
“The kids were at my house,” Jennifer Abraham, a Salado ISD guardian, stated in tears. “They were on the floor on their stomach screaming and crying because they thought they would get shot through the window. The guy was shooting at my front door.”
On social media, different oldsters are coming to the employee’s protection, claiming there was once no gunshot. They say the burst within the video pictures is only a flash from the employee’s telephone.
Some on social media additionally consider the person sought after to confront the children about their habits.
As the investigation intensifies, Salado ISD Superintendent Dr. Michael Novotny says they’re taking the topic significantly, regardless of the debate this is brewing up.
“There’s a noise that could be a gunshot,” Novotny stated. “There’s the flash that could be the muzzle of the gun, but again, I’m not a ballistics expert. That’s why I trust the Bell County Sheriff’s Department to make that determination. If he is guilty, then he should face consequences for that, both in terms of the criminal side and the employment side. However, if he’s not guilty, then he should not be judged by the community. That’s why we have a sheriff’s department and a district attorney and a grand jury and judges and juries to make these determinations, and not the court of public opinion to decide someone’s guilt or innocence.”
Novotny says the result of the investigation will resolve what occurs subsequent.
“Employees’ behavior outside of work can still impact their employment here because we do hold our employees to a higher standard,” Novotny stated. “Trust our Bell County Sheriff’s Department to do their job and make that determination and let justice play out one way or the other.”
No arrest has been made as deputies are nonetheless taking a look into the off-campus incident. The Bell County Sheriff’s Department says they’re getting ready to free up extra information in a press free up Wednesday, Aug. 23.
The employee has a attorney and can’t remark till the investigation is whole.
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