- City
- San Antonio
- County
- Bexar County
- State
- TX
- Location
- Pieper High School, Kinder Parkway
- Category
- School threat response
- Severity
- high
- Priority
- high
- Occurred On
- 2026-10-06 14:43:00 UTC
- Published On
- 2026-10-09 03:23:00 UTC
- Source Records
- 1
- Source
- 'I'd rather overreact than underreact': Bexar County Sheriff explains response to Pieper High School
Summary
A reported weapon threat triggered a prolonged lockdown and tactical search at Pieper High School. A realistic airsoft gun was recovered, a juvenile was detained, and BCSO said it would conduct an after-action review amid disagreement over the scale of the response.
Verification
- Occurrence Confidence
- exact
- Publication Confidence
- exact
- Verification Status
- Validated
- Source Role
- Local television report with on-record sheriff and constable statements