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.
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I don’t know about that, but the shooter is certainly a punk. His family is whining that “why didn’t somebody do something”, well, why did they leave him in this school if the kid was being bullied all the time? They had the money to give him a $35,000 car, and that would have gone a long way towards private school tuition.
Jericho Green has an excellent youtube video about this. He pulls no punches. He does use a lot of expletives, however.
With few notable exceptions blacks, as a whole seem entirely incapable of living and functioning in a civilized society.
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.
The video showed a fight between Selby and Simpkins inside a classroom, according to police. Police said the video showed Simpkins get thrown to the ground and repeatedly punched.
I have no way of verifying the below but it has been in the S-T for a few days.
I was just again trying to find even a mention in the Star-Tele of the recent story related to Ricardo Rosas Garcia and his cohorts recruting Irving High School students (young as 15) to sell guns and dope. Nope, Star-Tele chose to not report on it although Irving Police, ATF and DEA issued statement to parents, be more aware.
The same issue was occurring in a high school near us when we lived in Dallas, so it is completely believable to me.
I posted this since I have seen very little follow up by the media in our area. Maybe I should start reading more UK papers.
Pathetic.....DA should be run out of town.
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