Parents and students at McCollum High School are stunned by the arrest of a teacher who is accused of assaulting a 16-year-old student.

San Antonio police officers said Tuesday that they took Edwardo Cantu, 46, into custody on campus.

An arrest affidavit offered disturbing details of the outcry made by the 16-year-old girl last month, including how she ultimately told police that Cantu had sexually assaulted her in his classroom.

“It’s disgusting,” said Audrilin Heredia, shaking her head. “(Cantu) kind of, gave off that energy ‘cause he was a little weird around the girls.”

Heredia was a student in Cantu’s Mariachi class. She is not the teen involved in the allegations against him.

“He would say certain things that were, kind of, odd...inappropriate for a teacher to say,” Heredia said

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