UPDATED, 9:00 a.m., Aug. 31, 2020: According to a statement from Dallas ISD spokesperson Robyn Harris, Modi is no longer employed by the district, as of 2017.

A Dallas ISD teacher has been placed on administrative leave by the district for posting a video on social media that shows her shooting a water gun at an image of President Donald Trump and yelling "Die!" in a classroom.

A screen shot of a video posted to Instagram on Jan. 20 shows a Dallas ISD employee pretending to shoot at President Donald Trump while shouting, "Die!" ((YouTube))

An eight-second video was posted to a personal Instagram account on Jan. 20, the date of Trump's inauguration, showing a woman holding a water gun, pointing it at an image of Trump projected onto a whiteboard, and yelling "Die!" as she shoots the gun. Laughs can be heard in the background, although it is unclear whether students were in the classroom when the video was made.

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The Instagram account appears to belong to Payal Modi, an art teacher at Adamson High School. That Instagram account has since been made private.

Copies of the video have circulated on YouTube and Twitter and have been posted on various conservative websites, such as Townhall and The Gateway Pundit.

Dallas ISD spokeswoman Robyn Harris confirmed that Modi was placed on leave, but added that DISD would not comment as it investigates the incident.

DISD's statement:

“Today, we were made aware of a social media posting being circulated involving a teacher at W. H. Adamson High School. The teacher has been placed on administrative leave and the district has opened an investigation. This is a personnel matter and, as such, we cannot comment.”