Classes at Franklin High School canceled due to death investigation: EPISD

A man in his 50s was fatally shot by an EPISD police officer at Franklin High School, prompting the cancellation of classes at the West El Paso campus, district officials said.

The shooting occurred before 6 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22, when an officer with the El Paso Independent School District Police Department responded to a report of an incident on the high school grounds, EPISD Police Chief Manuel Chavira said at a news conference.

“We want to reassure the public that the incident was limited to Franklin High School in the early morning hours,” Chavira said. “No students, faculty or staff were affected. All other campuses in the district are safe and secure.”

The shooting involved only the man killed and an EPISD police officer who was responding to an unspecified incident on the Franklin High School campus, Chavira said.

No further information has been released about the incident. The El Paso Police Department and Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting, which is standard procedure after a fatal shooting, and an EPISD administrative investigation is also underway.