Armed Iraqi Man Defeated by Texas Elementary School Door, Goes Home
Kyle Chris was armed with a gun and taser.
A man named Kyle Chris, formerly Muhi Mohanad Najm from Iraq, was arrested earlier this month after he was outsmarted by several school safety measures required under House Bill 3 when he attempted to enter a Texas elementary school while armed with a gun.
FOX News:
The district said Chris got into the school during a 15-second window when the doors didn’t click shut after a parent left the building. He was wearing what appeared to be a uniform and had a holstered firearm, the district said.
However, the school’s “secure vestibule” system stopped him from going any further by keeping him trapped in the front office area, the district said.
“When the individual was asked by the front office staff to provide identification, he did not provide identification, and the front office staff immediately contacted our armed, full-time campus guard,” the district said in a letter to parents obtained by Fox News Digital.
House Bill 3 requires measures such as an armed security officer and building/safety standards in every school.
In this situation, both the armed security guard and the “secure vestibule” system, required by HB3 for schools in Texas, prevented Chris from entering further into school property and accomplishing whatever it is an unknown man wearing tactical gear and carrying a gun into a school intends to accomplish.
HB3 was authored by Chairman Dustin Burrows in the 88th legislative session and even had several Democratic coauthors including Rep. Tracy King, Joe Moody, and James Talarico.
Some Democrats have been critical of HB3 citing lack of school funding for these initiatives as well as preferring “mental health support” for students as opposed to armed officers. However, the Democratic preferred methods of mental health support would have done nothing to stop Kyle Chris from entering further into school property with the gun he was carrying.
Since 2025, the New York Times has been shopping around a publicly available survey likely aimed at scrutinizing police presence in public schools:
Naseem Amini, Senior Manager for External Communications at The New York Times, told Current Revolt that they had nothing to share when asked about the outlet’s angle for the story.
Keller City Councilmember Ross McMullin, who is now running for Mayor of Keller, told Current Revolt he supported HB3:
“In Keller, as a city we have doubled our share of the cost to provide school resource officers and we codified Keller’s innovative campus patrol program, which ensures now and into the future that Keller PD is visiting Keller schools daily.
Parents have an expectation that when they drop their son or daughter off at school, that their child will return home unharmed. Educators have an expectation to teach in a safe environment.
For that reason, I’m proud of our efforts at the state and local levels to keep our schools safe.”
- Keller City Councilmember Ross McMullin
An official familiar with school safety measures gave Current Revolt the following statement:
“The best most effective thing Texas could do was put an armed person on every campus. We know every second is critical in an armed incident and armed school personnel can get to a situation within minutes or less of a situation especially in our rural areas where it could be up to 20-30 minutes for first responders to arrive. Most importantly, these armed personnel train school specific and have specific skills when responding to a threat when students are involved. In addition, for districts using officers, the officers get to know the kids and it creates trust and relationships with officers and students in areas where some students are afraid of officers.”
According to the TEA Annual Report for 2024-2025, 94.13% of schools have met the requirement for school officers and resource officers to complete active shooter response training:
The TEA report shows that only 43% of schools reported full compliance with the armed security requirements. However, the TEA recommended expanding the School Marshal and School Guardian programs, which would help lower the cost and staffing challenges that HB3 poses for smaller and rural school districts.
Although some schools are struggling with the funding needed to become compliant with HB3, many have found a way to meet the requirements:
KISD Police Chief Henry Gaw said meeting HB 3’s mandate without adequate state funding was a challenge, but things have gone smoothly.
“We’re happy with the way it turned out ... and, of course, safety is always No. 1 priority. You can’t put a price tag on safety,” Gaw said.
Since the implementation of HB3 in September of 2023, there have been no mass-shooting incidents in Texas schools.
Kyle Chris was later identified and arrested at his home after attempting to enter Zwink Elementary School. He faces a felony charge of unlawfully carrying a weapon in a prohibited place.
However, other questions remain. FOX reported that Chris, who is from Iraq, became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2022, legally changed his name from Muhi Mohanad Najm to Kyle Chris, and was unemployed despite living in a house just minutes from a school. What’s going on here?