District Court Judge Bob Armstrong is expected to release an opinion today on whether to certify a 15-year-old suspect in the October shooting incident that scattered teachers from a library at Payne Elementary School.

The Fourth Judicial district attorney’s office said they expect a ruling today in Juvenile Court. Youth Court hearings by law are closed to the public.

A session was held shortly before the holidays, and Armstrong took the matter under advisement.

District Attorney Michael Jackson said his office requested the certification because “shots were fired into a building where kids and teachers could have been killed.”

If Armstrong decides the court system should treat the teenager as an adult, then the 15-year-old would be given a bond amount and taken to the Dallas County Jail, Jackson said.

The shooting occurred Oct. 25 outside Payne Elementary School after the school day had concluded, but teachers had gathered in the Payne school’s library for a meeting.

Nobody was injured in the shooting, which saw four windowpanes damaged at the school; three in the library, where the teachers met, and one in an unoccupied classroom.

Court records show police recovered three .22-caliber shell casings from the scene.

In addition to the teenager, police also arrested Xavier Thompson, 17, who is being held as an adult in the Dallas County Jail under a $2 million bond.

Jackson said because Thompson was 17 at the time of the crime involving a firearm during the commission of a Class B felony, he is automatically treated as an adult.

At the time of the shooting, eyewitnesses told police shots were fired in the direction of the school at two individuals standing in front of the school.

Selma Police Detective Fred Walker said the shooting likely would end up classified as gang-related.