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Arlington school shooter is RELEASED on $75k bond: Gunman, 18, walks free one day after shooting 15-year-old 'bully seven times' - AND teacher during class brawl
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 10/07/2021 1:02:11 PM PDT by algore

The teenage gunman who opened fire in an Arlington, Texas, school on Wednesday has been released on bond, a day after pulling a gun from his backpack and shooting a 'bully', a teacher and one other girl.

Timothy George Simpkins was being held on a $75,000 bond on three charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon but the 18-year-old walked out of Tarrant County Jail on Thursday afternoon.

Simpkins said nothing as he strode out of the jail in a blue t-shirt, matching baseball cap worn backwards, and jeans.

It's unclear why he has been charged with aggravated assault and not attempted murder or more serious charges, or why the judge granted him bail.

A video of their fight was posted on social media by Simpkins' cousin on Wednesday night in an effort to prove that he was being bullied.

It shows Simpkins - who was identified by police as wearing a light colored hoodie in the footage - being pummeled by the other boy, who is three years his junior, while holding his hands around his head.

Once the fight was over, he went to his orange backpack, pulled out of his gun and started shooting.

He shot the other boy 'seven to eight times', according to one student who was interviewed by police, and also shot 25-year-old Calvin Pettitt, a teacher who had tried to break up the fight. Pettitt was shot in the back.

Both he and the 15-year-old boy remain in the hospital. Pettitt is expected to survive and is in a good condition but the 15-year-old boy is in critical condition.

A third victim - a teenage girl - suffered a graze wound but is no longer in the hospital.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Texas
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To: qaz123

There are plenty of Soros owned and operated “judges”, too.


101 posted on 10/07/2021 2:36:25 PM PDT by Howie66 (TRUMP WON!)
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To: algore
 
 
We had a guy in our jail on a $200,000 bond, nearly a quarter of a million dollars, for dinking around with child porn. They couldn't even meet or exceed that bond amount for acts of violence and attempted murder? SMH.
 
 

102 posted on 10/07/2021 2:37:48 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: TexasGunLover

A woman acting as spokesperson for the family, Carol Harrison Lafayette, talked to reporters while standing with other relatives outside Simpkins’ home in Arlington on Wednesday evening. She said Simpkins had been bullied and robbed twice at school.

Arlington police said Simpkins was involved in a fight before he pulled out a .45-caliber handgun and open fired in a classroom. Video circulating on social media that was shared by other students appears to show the fight.

Harrison Lafayette said the video shows Simpkins was being attacked.

Read more at: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/arlington/article254819292.html#storylink=cpy


103 posted on 10/07/2021 2:39:58 PM PDT by chuck allen
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To: Howie66

Absolutely. And just as many that support that team and don’t need the checks.


104 posted on 10/07/2021 2:40:32 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: StAnDeliver
verified Timberview High School realtime video

You saying it's verified doesn't make it so. If you feel strongly that the press is right, perhaps you'll trust the NBC5 article that says police have not identified who is who in the video.
105 posted on 10/07/2021 2:40:40 PM PDT by TexasGunLover
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To: Dalberg-Acton
“Simpkins is the kid in the light grey hoodie” - standeliver

"I think you have it backwards." - Duhberg, right ahead!

From the article you did not read:


106 posted on 10/07/2021 2:42:36 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least ONE of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson)
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To: algore

if they have so much money, why was the mutt NOT in some richkid private school?


107 posted on 10/07/2021 2:46:58 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: qaz123

But they will cash those checks just the same.


108 posted on 10/07/2021 2:51:02 PM PDT by Howie66 (TRUMP WON!)
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To: algore

Well, the teacher was white so all is forgiven.


109 posted on 10/07/2021 2:51:26 PM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: algore

I wonder if he’ll shoot up the school again, considering that he wasn’t too successful the first time.


110 posted on 10/07/2021 2:51:50 PM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: algore
It's unclear why he has been charged with aggravated assault and not attempted murder or more serious charges, or why the judge granted him bail.

Really? Let me draw you a picture:

The left side dominates the right side in almost all things these days.

111 posted on 10/07/2021 2:55:50 PM PDT by Avalon Memories (Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...)
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To: TexasGunLover
"You saying it's verified doesn't make it so. If you feel strongly that the press is right, perhaps you'll trust the NBC5 article that says police have not identified who is who in the video."

"Perhaps you'll trust the NBC5 article" that posted the arrest warrant...

NBC5youfuckingmoronandshametoyourfamily

Now tell me how the Tarrant County arrest warrant was faked, the NBC5 video was faked, the realtime video was faked, and that Pettitt was wearing the hoodie. C'mon monkey, dance.

112 posted on 10/07/2021 2:59:21 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least ONE of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson)
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To: rktman

Not likely.
Once the assault by the others ended, and he drew a firearm and shot, he was now the aggressor, he could have fled, sought protection from adults, etc.

The prosecutor likely is going to have ‘splaining to do. The judge too.

Once an assault ends, any re-igintion is a new incident.

I doubt the others said they were going to find him later etc.

Stinks of something.


113 posted on 10/07/2021 3:02:16 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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To: Hot Tabasco

So far, I haven’t seen a video of the beginning of the fight. What I have seen and heard is all from the shooter’s family, including his cousin who filmed the fight instead of getting in there to help his cousin. Time will make this a lot clearer.


115 posted on 10/07/2021 3:10:04 PM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: chiller

It’s the judge who sets the bail in the very first hearing.


116 posted on 10/07/2021 3:10:43 PM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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To: Pollard

Depends, sometimes a county magistrate can do it too. At least in TX


117 posted on 10/07/2021 3:11:50 PM PDT by Islasorna
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To: algore

I was guessing connected or black.


118 posted on 10/07/2021 3:12:45 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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To: Islasorna

Not familiar with TX but I suppose it’s somewhat based on the lame charge of aggravated assault. I thought that was for fist fights, not shooting people.


119 posted on 10/07/2021 3:13:19 PM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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To: Pollard

Agg assault with a deadly weapon is extremely nasty in TX. You can just show an intruder at night on your property a gun to scare them away and if the cops find out you’ll be charged with it.

That said, this should be attempted murder instead. TX has weird laws and enforcement that depend on the person, city, county, and so on


120 posted on 10/07/2021 3:15:26 PM PDT by Islasorna
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