"Our entire Tanglewood family is hurting with this news and from the events that took place today. "My heart goes out to the family of our student who passed away, and my prayers are with them," Tanglewood principal Graysen Walles said. The district released a statement late Thursday to extend condolences to the family of the student killed. The Greenville News has reached out to the school district to ask about options for parents with no transportation.
"We hadn't been called or notified or anything, and we don't have no way to pick them up." "We thought it was one of my grandkids that had been shot," said Jones, who has one grandchild in sixth grade and one in eighth grade. Only one parent or guardian was allowed inside the church to pick up their child.Īt the school Thursday afternoon, Paula Sue Jones said she had no transportation to the church to pick up her grandchildren who are students at the school. Each parent was asked to fill out a form with information about their student and provide their identification. Hundreds of parents were gathered at Brookwood waiting for their children. to transport students a few buses at a time. Buses lined up outside of the school at 1:20 p.m. Students were transported to Brookwood Church in Simpsonville after the incident to be reunited with their family, according to Greenville County Schools spokesperson Tim Waller. Tanglewood Middle students taken from school to church This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Students were told by teachers to take shelter under the desks and speak quietly, Hall said. When Hall called her daughter shortly after, she told Hall she heard a gunshot while she was changing classes. The student told her there was a “code blue” incident, Hall said. Tanglewood parent Amanda Hall said she got a text from her daughter, an 8th grade student at the school, around 12:30 p.m.
Read More: Social media reacts to news of shooting at Tanglewood Middle School in GreenvilleĪbout Tanglewood Middle: Here's a look at the students who attend Tanglewood Middle School on Greenville's westsideĪn estimated 100 deputies and officers from numerous law enforcement agencies responded to the scene, including the State Law Enforcement Division, Sheriff Hobart Lewis said. What we know: Shooting at Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville Thursday after a school resource officer requested emergency backup after a student was shot, according to the Sheriff's Office. Law enforcement responded to the school at 12:30 p.m.
Further information about the victim will be released by the Greenville County Coroner's Office on Friday.
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