1 student shot, another arrested outside Jeremiah E Burke High School in Dorchester

BOSTON — A student was shot near Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester on Tuesday morning. Police said the call came in around 9:35 a.m. 

The 17-year-old boy was found outside on school grounds. He was taken to a local hospital and is in stable condition.

A suspect, another 17-year-old boy who attended Burke High, has been arrested said Police Superintendent Felipe Colon. A gun was found by officers nearby. The teen is facing weapons and assault charges. 

“Obviously this is not the way we ever want to start a school day,” said District Attorney Kevin Hayden. “We are together collectively concerned for this community, for the students involved, for the administration in the school and we will continue to do everything we can to support them through this tragic situation.” 

The school was on lockdown as police responded.

“It’s a scary situation for me as a parent,” one woman told WBZ-TV. “I had to turn to the news to figure out what’s going on.” 

She received a text from her daughter saying the school was on lockdown but didn’t get an email from the school until 1:20 p.m.

“I’ve never seen or heard stuff like this happen in the school,” the woman’s daughter said. “We didn’t know anything. We were just in lockdown. Everybody thought it was just a drill.”

Boston Public Schools apologized for the communication delay Tuesday.  “We are currently reviewing our internal systems to ensure such a lag in communication never occurs again,” Superintendent Mary Skipper said in an email.     

A few weeks ago, an 18-year-old boy was stabbed in his back and shoulder at the same school. He was treated at the nurse’s office for non-life-threatening injuries.   

“This is a school, this is where we should be coming to celebrate and be able to see the community that’s here at the Burke and the good work that’s going on in the building, and again we have violence with youth,” Skipper said. “Our work right now is to support the students that are in the building.”