Pasadena mother accused of bringing firearm to high school fight

Viridiana Alvarez, 33, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Viridiana Alvarez, 33, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Photo: Photo Provided By Pasadena ISD Photo: Photo Provided By Pasadena ISD Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Pasadena mother accused of bringing firearm to high school fight 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

Pasadena Independent School District police say that on Tuesday afternoon a parent of a high school student was found to be in possession of a firearm, allegedly aiming it another student during an incident near the Pasadena High School campus.

According to Renea Ivy-Sims with Pasadena ISD, two high school girls met at a location near school campus to fight and the mother of one of the girls arrived and aimed a firearm at the other student.

A PISD statement says that the district’s police department took the parent identified as Viridiana Alvarez, 33, into custody Tuesday evening and recovered the weapon.

Meanwhile Ivy-Sims says that the students are being punished by the school district. She says that the incident Tuesday is not typical and very scary for everyone in the district.

“We work hard to teach kids to solve their problems and they know that fighting will not do that,” Ivy-Sims said Wednesday.

Due to the close proximity to our campus property, the district said, the students that were part of the incident were subject to the Pasadena ISD Student Code of Conduct.

“While we can’t control everything that happens to our students when they leave our campus, we can provide them with the tools they need to solve their problems with other people,” the district said in a statement.

According to Harris County court records Alvarez remains in custody, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Her bond has been set at $30,000.