BASTROP (KXAN) — A substitute teacher in the Bastrop Independent School District has been removed after bringing a stun gun on school grounds this week.

One student claims the sub shocked him, but the district says his story doesn’t match up with the evidence.

“I felt a zap on my shoulder and I just jumped up and sprung up,” said Alejandro Olmos, a sophomore at Bastrop High.

15-year-old Olmos has two distinct marks on his shoulder.

“To have a teacher come up to you and do that to you, it’s not right,” Olmos said.

He said he got them when a substitute teacher came up, and without warning, shocked him with the stun gun he carries on him all the time.

“If it was a student that was in a school shooting somewhere, they would arrest him. But still, it’s assault on a minor. Yeah, it shocked my life,” Olmos said.

The school has denied the allegation. They admit the sub did own a stun gun but maintains the teacher was not the one responsible for the jolt.

The Bastrop High School employee handbook is pretty clear: Weapons of any kind are strictly prohibited. Which begs the question, why did the substitute teacher have a stun gun in the first place and who else knew about it?

“You used a weapon on a child at school. And that’s supposed to be a safe place away from their homes,” said Jaclyn Powers, Olmos’ mother.

Despite the school district removing the teacher, the family says that’s not enough.

“I’m still just speechless about the entire thing. We’re not going to stop until we get to the bottom of it. That’s a fact,” Powers said.

Internal investigation

Officials with the Bastrop Independent School District say they’ve conducted an extensive investigation.

They say the physical evidence doesn’t match up with the student’s story and that people who were present when the alleged incident occurred didn’t back-up the student’s report.

They say the physical markings don’t match up with the weapon used. Olmos claims that’s because the stun gun was deployed through his shirt sleeve and his camouflage jacket and the prongs likely moved. The school district also claims there were no eyewitnesses that can back up the student’s allegation. Olmos says there were other students around but admits there may not have been anyone who saw it. He also said a radio playing nearby may have kept it from being audible.

Even so, the family says the district is working with them to make sure they collect all the evidence needed.

Official Statement from BISD

“Bastrop High School and BISD Police Department conducted an extensive investigation into this allegation. The information provided by the student is inconsistent with the physical evidence obtained. In addition, eyewitnesses who were present when the incident was alleged to have occurred did not corroborate the student’s report. Although a stun gun (tactical flashlight) was found that belonged to the substitute, the substitute did not have it in his possession during the alleged incident.”

Who is on the case?

For more than two years now, the Bastrop Independent School District has had its own police force.

The chief told KXAN in 2016 the move was critical because of all the growth they were seeing in the district.

Today a spokesperson told us the police department has five officers, a K-9, four campus monitors and other security personnel.

They’re working to protect over 10,000 students in a region spanning 450 square miles.