AUSTIN (KXAN) — Manor Independent School District started the school year with a few new safety devices aimed at stopping violence inside the high schools.

The new technology works like a metal detector, but this device can pinpoint guns, knives and other weapons.

"We did have a tragedy a year ago, obviously in the district, and we always want to improve our safety," said Manor ISD Superintendent Robert Sormani.

Last October, an 18-year-old student was charged with murder after a fellow Manor Senior High School student died from a stabbing.

"In talking with our community, we said 'you know maybe there is something we can do that is more,'" Sormani said.

Sormani says the district has a contract with Xtract One Technologies who helped install the devices which scan people as they walk t

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