UPDATE: 18 Year Old Arlington, TX High School Shooter Timothy Simpkons Found and Arrested

Photo Credit: Arlington Police Department

UPDATE: Simpkons has now been taken into custody and will be charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a gun. Also, one of the people shot are currently in intensive care undergoing surgery. Texas Governor Abbott said “it is illegal for the shooter to either possess or have purchased the gun that was used in this crime.” Officials also found what is believed to be the gun used in nearby Grand Prairie, Texas.

An active shooter was reported this morning at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas where the school has since been cleared. The reported gunman Timothy Simpkons is a student at the school who is said to be responsible for the gunshots that happened on the second floor where 4 people have been reported to be hurt from the shooting. It’s said that he got into a fight with another student in class and pulled a gun out according to Assistant Arlington police chief Kevin Kolbye.

The school district has stated that students were taken to a nearby performing arts center, Mansfield ISD Center for the Performing Arts in Mansfield, Texas to wait for their parents. Simpkins is said to be “armed and dangerous” and is driving a 2018 silver Dodge Charger. Out of the 4 victims, 3 were students and one likely a teacher. One had minor injuries and refused medical treatment.

Timberview opened in 2004, holds 1,900 students from 9th to 12th grade. This shooting comes just days after a Houston, TX charter school shooting took place and 3 years after the state’s deadliest shooting in May of 2018 where 10 people, mostly students were killed at Santa Fe High School.

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