Parents of a Lewisville ISD student athlete are sharing disturbing details of an alleged hazing incident by the student’s teammates. The off-campus incident involved football players at Flower Mound Marcus High School.Amy and Doug, parents who asked to be identified by their first names to prot ect their son’s identity, say he was stripped down and then shot multiple times with a pellet gun. The parents say they first learned about this incident in late October, and that their son kept it a secret for five days because he was worried about consequences if what happened got out. They say it wasn’t until video of the incident surfaced that the parents found out what happened, and then discovered pellet wounds on their son’s torso, arms and back. “We have a problem. We have a real big problem here,” said Amy, whose son moved up from the JV team to varsity this semester. “He was so excited.” But that excitement was short-lived after they said their son was hazed and called a racial slur by his teammates, then had video of the incident shared on social media. “I couldn’t even finish watching the videos. I had to stop it. I was shaking. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” said Amy. After a team dinner at a home in Double Oak on October 22, they say their son was corralled in a garage by about a dozen teammates. “He was basically dogpiled and depants-ed, and then they had the weapon pulled on him,” said Doug, who says about 40 seconds worth of video has been turned over to police. “He feared for his life. He’s been raised around guns. There was no orange tip on the end of that gun, so he thought it was a real gun. Not until they started shooting did he realize it was a pellet gun,” explained Doug. Doug says his son was struck eight times out of more than 40 shots fired. “As a parent, I see just fear of my son,” said Doug. “He’s just screaming for his life. He’s like ‘Stop! Stop!’ I think he said it about 15 times.” After learning about the incident, Doug and Amy say they took their concerns to Marcus High School leadership and coaches, and six weeks later, say they feel the incident is being swept under the rug. They say they’re disappointed Double Oak police have not criminally charged any of the teens, and at what they say is a lack of communication, transparency and accountability by Lewisville ISD after the allegations came to light. “They called the boys out of class and their parents, and those boys were back in the locker room Tuesday morning and then were still at school for two weeks roaming the halls, talking about how this is being made a bigger deal than what it actually is,” said Amy.NBC 5 contacted the Lewisville ISD for comment and received the findings of a district investigation. The findings say after more than 70 student interviews, more than 20 staff interviews, meetings with 13 parents who came forward with concerns, comprehensive LISD staff email searches, a review of SportsYou messaging app messages between staff and students, and a relevant review of District policies and procedures, “The Incident of Concern met the LISD Board Policy FNCC definition of ‘hazing’ and appropriate disciplinary consequences were issued in accordance with the LISD Student Code of Conduct and LISD Extracurricular Code of Conduct.” In addition, the findings state, “The Incident of Concern met the LISD Board Policy FFI (Legal) and FFI (Local) definition of ‘bullying’ and appropriate disciplinary consequences were issued.”The district did not give details on what the punishment was. The district says it “did not find a culture of hazing within the entire Marcus High School Varsity Football Program,” however, statements did find a history of “hazing” incidents amongst a specific group of players within the MHS Varsity Football program.“My once happy-go-lucky kid has been filled with a lot of anxiety, fear, anger, frustration,” said Amy.Doug and Amy say they’re disappointed that 13 families coming forward with concerns wasn’t enough to make personnel changes. They say administrative change is needed and hope speaking up ends what they see as a culture of acceptance. “These students need to know these pranks are not funny, and you are messing with people’s real lives and their real emotions, and their real mental health. This is not OK. It has to stop,” said Amy. The district has concluded its investigation.As for the criminal investigation, NBC 5 contacted Double Oak police, who say, “Because this is an ongoing investigation involving juveniles, we have no information that we can release at this time.” Included in the district’s findings is a list of corrective actions including strengthening existing extracurricular student code of conduct policies, ensuring that all parent-organized MHS team dinners occur on campus with staff supervision, implementing enhanced supervision procedures and schedules for MHS Football locker rooms and team spaces, providing additional training for students and staff on bullying, hazing, and reporting processes, increasing campus and district administrative support for coaching staff as these improvements are put in place. ...read more read less