Duncanville police said they got reports of an armed man in the building where a summer camp was being held. The gunman is now dead.
An armed man who entered a summer camp for kids was shot and killed by Duncanville police Monday morning.Duncanville police said no children were hurt when an armed man entered the facility where a summer camp was being held.
Officer Michelle Arias with the Duncanville Police Department said police got several phone calls about a man with a gun at the fieldhouse.Officers arrived two minutes later, entered the building, and began searching for the gunman. Donna Pearson told FOX 4 she had just dropped off her child at camp when she got a call from her brother, who is one of the coaches running the camp.
"I just want to thank the police department, the fire department for helping to screen. They did a fantastic job counting everything. They got the children secure and it's just, it's just overwhelmed that they handled business like they normally do. But I just, it's just sad that we as people can't have nothing to enjoy life and what to children and stuff. And the children were just so panicked and stuff but they handled it.
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