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LAST UPDATE | 6 Oct 2021
AN 18-YEAR-OLD student who is suspected of opening fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school and injured four people has been taken into custody, authorities said.
Timothy George Simpkins fled from Timberview High School in Arlington after the shooting and drove off in a silver Dodge Charger, police said.
The Arlington Police Department tweeted hours after the shooting that Simpkins had been taken into custody without incident and charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault with a gun.
The shooting stemmed from a fight that broke out in a classroom, Arlington Assistant Police Chief Kevin Kolbye said at a news conference.
We are looking for a shooting suspect in today’s incident at @mansfieldisd Timberview School. Please call 911 if you know the whereabouts of 18-year old Timothy George Simpkins who may be driving a 2018 Silver Dodge Charger with license plate PFY-6260. pic.twitter.com/npaNVBDXRp
— Arlington Police, TX (@ArlingtonPD) October 6, 2021
Two people were shot and two others had unspecified injuries, he said.
At least three of the injured are students, and three of the four injured were taken to hospitals for treatment, he said.
“This is not a random act of violence,” he said.
“This is not somebody attacking our school.”
Timberview serves about 1,900 students in ninth through 12th grades. The sprawling complex opened in 2004.
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Don’t forget folks – America does not have a gun problem.
@Mark Brown: Anti-depressants.
Thoughts and prayers are they working?
What do you say to that? Another day in the great USA.
TBF its 2 weeks since the last high school shooting
In other more hopeful news the WHO endorses use of world’s first malaria vaccine in Africa!
Didn’t some antivax looper in Ireland saying they will go to the schools if they have to, that’s how these nutjobs start. I wonder if the Gardai are aware of his comments?
Every few weeks, is this even news anymore
It’s not the gun it’s the person. 2nd amendment to bear arms is a sacred right. Every day the democrats are trying to infringe on other states governments
have your say