North Forney High School, Brown Middle School, Smith Intermediate, Dewberry Elementary, Blackburn Elementary and Forney Learning Academy were placed in secure status. According to Forney ISD's website, that means exterior doors are locked and no one is allowed in or out of the campuses, but business inside should go on as usual.

One man is dead, another one is in the hospital and two are in custody after a shooting in the middle of the afternoon in a Forney neighborhood.

An argument near Brown Middle School escalated into a shooting in Forney, resulting in one death and two people in custody. No incidents occurred on the school campus.

The Kaufman County sheriff’s office says it is investigating after two people were shot near a Forney school Friday afternoon. Sheriff deputies and multiple assisting agencies responded to a shooting at around 2 p.m. in the 2000 block of Chisholm Trail, located close to Brown Middle School, officials say.

KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — Police are investigating outside a Kaufman County middle school and nearby neighborhood after two people were shot Friday afternoon, officials said. According to police, two men were shot. Both were taken by helicopter to local hospitals, however, one has since died from his injuries.

A shooting near Brown Middle School in Forney critically injured two people. The incident occurred about a quarter mile from the school, but all students and staff are safe and being released to their parents.

Two people are injured after a shooting was reported at around 2 p.m. near Forney ISD’s Brown Middle School. NBCDFW reported that a driver stopped at the middle school asking for help after two people were shot in a nearby neighborhood.

Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that happened Friday afternoon near Brown Middle School in Forney.

Two people were critically injured Friday in a shooting near a local middle school, authorities said. Both were transported to a hospital, and their conditions have not