An underage high school student was sexually assaulted in a bathroom by a knife-wielding 19-year-old boy who entered a campus in suburban Dallas. According to To the police.
The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon on the Mesquite ISD's Horn High School campus in Mesquite, Texas.
“The victim's mother had alerted police that prior to the attack, Elijah had threatened her child and said he would show up on campus.”
Mesquite police said the man was able to enter the school despite security measures because someone inside opened a locked door. Once inside, he allegedly found a female student with whom he had a previous relationship and forced her into the bathroom.
Police said in a press release that the man assaulted the victim and “used a deadly weapon to force her into the bathroom, where the sexual assault occurred.”
Police said the suspect fled the school after a teacher realized he was not a student and was later arrested at his home in Seagoville. They identified him as 19-year-old Sinnaiz Elijah.
A Mesquite ISD spokesperson explained the safety measures taken at the school.
“The exterior doors are locked for a reason. There are only two authorized entrances for visitors to Horn High School,” the statement reads. “All exterior doors are checked four times daily by campus staff to ensure they are locked and properly closed. There are three full-time school information officers and three security guards on campus each day. There is.”
Elijah is charged with aggravated assault of a child.
Ann The arrest affidavit stated: The victim's mother warned police that Elijah had threatened her child before the attack and told her he would show up on campus. She went to school hours before the alleged assault and even called campus police.
In a letter to parents, the school said the students who allegedly allowed Ilya to enroll would be punished, but some parents expressed outrage that they were not informed about the incident sooner. was.
Mesquite has a population of approximately 150,000 people.
News video about the arrest can see on KDFW-TV's YouTube channel.
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