4 injured in shooting at high school in Texas

Student, 18, in custody after turning himself in

Four people were injured Wednesday in a shooting at a high school in Texas, and three were taken to the hospital, police said.

The shooting happened in Arlington’s Timberview High School, said Kevin Kolbye, assistant chief of police. Officers received calls of a shooting around 9:15 a.m., he said.

“More than two or three shots” were fired, and at least two people had gunshot injuries, Kolbye said. Two victims who were shot were expected to remain in the hospital. One was in the intensive care unit, Kolbye said. A third who may have been grazed by a bullet was expected to be released from the hospital, he added.

Timothy George Simpkins, an 18year old student, was in police custody, Kolbye said. Simpkins contacted an attorney and then turned himself in with the lawyer, Kolbye added.

Kolbye said Simpkins is expected to be charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Officers suspect the shooting happened when a student “got into a fight and drew a weapon,” Kolbye said, adding the incident was “not a random act of violence.”

One of the injured was “an older person that may be a teacher,” Kolbye said. A pregnant woman may have fallen during the incident and received treatment, he said.

Abbott, appearing at an unrelated news conference at the U.S.-Mexico border, said, “We grieve for everyone who’s been harmed or impacted by this in anyway whatsoever.”

Officers could not say how the student got a gun into the building. Kolbye said a gun was recovered on the street in nearby Grand Prairie. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is expected to run ballistics on the weapon, Kolybe said.

More than 1,800 students attend Timberview.

Several schools, finally back to inperson instruction after more than a year of remote learning, have locked down in recent weeks because of shootings, striking panic among students, staff and parents.