HOUSTON — Three teenagers, including two Wisdom High School students, have been identified in connection with a series of events that led to a school lockdown in west Houston Thursday afternoon, according to the Houston Police Department.
Houston police said John Nsenguwera, 18, Mohamed Rasheed Robinson, 17, and Mahamoudou Sylla, 18, face charges stemming from the officer-involved shooting that started on Westheimer Road near Hillcroft Avenue
Nsenguwera is charged with aggravated assault against a peace officer, police said. He was wounded in the incident by police and was taken to a hospital.
Robinson and Sylla are charged with robbery by threats, police said. Booking photos of the three teens have not been released.
What happened at Wisdom High School
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said this chain of events unfolded shortly before noon after a team of officers was watching a "very violent crew of individuals" on Westheimer Road near Hillcroft Avenue.
Houston police said officers spotted a robbery in progress, which included a person being shot at an apartment complex on Westheimer Road just before noon Thursday. When they approached the group, one of them pointed a gun at an officer, police said.
That is when HPD Officer R. Aguilar shot Nsenguwera once. Paramedics took the teen suspect to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The officer was not injured. Neither were any other officers.
Robinson was arrested at the scene, police said.
Witnesses said Sylla, asked a random driver for a ride to Wisdom High School. Finner said the driver just "thought he was giving a kid a ride back to the school," not knowing the kid had been involved in an incident with police.
When Sylla -- who HISD Police Chief Pedro Lopez identified as a Wisdom High School student -- got to the school, Finner said he went into the auditorium where at least 100 students were. The school went on lockdown immediately after being notified he was on campus, HISD said.
According to Chief Lopez, Sylla entered the school through proper protocols, going to the front and using his ID to scan in. A campus administrator let him in, said Lopez, and Sylla checked in at the front desk. Wisdom High School principal Kenneth Brantley had said Sylla was on campus earlier in the day.
SWAT, Houston police and other law enforcement agencies worked together to get Sylla out of the school and into custody with no injuries, according to Finner.
On Thursday, Finner said a gun was recovered, but didn't specify if it was found on campus or nearby. On Friday, Chief Lopez said a gun wasn't found on campus.
Brantley said students were dismissed Thursday around their normal time, but the dismissal process was a little different to make sure all students and staff were safe.