According to the police, a quarrel broke out between the students on the second floor of the school, during which the suspect drew his weapon and started firing at his classmates. Three of the victims were taken to the hospital by paramedics, the fourth suffered only minor injuries, was treated on the spot and subsequently released. It is not clear from the statement whether it was one of the students or an adult. According to police, two people were shot and two suffered unspecified injuries.
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We are looking for a shooting suspect in today’s incident at @mansfieldisd Timberview School. Please call 911 if you know the whereabouts of 18-year old Timothy George Simpkins who may be driving a 2018 Silver Dodge Charger with license plate PFY-6260. pic.twitter.com/npaNVBDXRp
— Arlington Police, TX (@ArlingtonPD) October 6, 2021
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According to local television footage, a number of police and fire trucks and ambulances came to the school. The police then ran into the school with rifles.
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The suspect escaped from school and drove away, and the police searched for him for several hours. He was eventually detained without a fight and charged with four assaults using a weapon.
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School management ordered all students and staff to close in classrooms and offices. The school is attended by a total of about 1,900 students, who have gradually taken buses to a nearby cultural center, where they have been picked up by their parents.
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Shooting incidents in American schools have occurred regularly over the past two decades, loudly criticized by proponents of stricter arms control laws. However, all attempts to regulate arms sales at the federal level have met with loud opposition from conservatives, who argue that this is a constitutional right.
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Although previously similar incidents have shaken American society, they are now mostly covered by the local media. They will only get the attention of national televisions when massacres are involved, such as in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people died in 2018.
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