Student taken into custody hours after Texas school shooting

October 6, 2021

Associated Press,

1000 — Families stand outside the Mansfield ISD Center for the Performing Arts waiting to be reunited with their children, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 in Mansfield, Texas, following a shooting at the Timberview High School in Arlington. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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By JAMIE STENGLE and JILL BLEED
Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Police have arrested a student suspected of opening fire during a fight at his Dallas-area high school, leaving four people injured.

Police say 18-year-old Timothy George Simpkins fled from Timberview High School in Arlington.

Simpkins was taken in custody Wednesday afternoon and charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault with a gun.

Authorities say one of the victims is in critical condition at a hospital. Another person who was hurt is in good condition while a third person suffered minor abrasions and is expected to be released from the hospital later Wednesday.

The fourth person who was hurt did not require treatment at a hospital.