So the 18-year-old student accused in a shooting at an ARLINGTON, Texas high school was released from jail Thursday after posting bond. Police accuse Timothy George Simpkins of opening fire in a classroom Wednesday at Timberview High School in Arlington. Two people were shot and two others suffered unspecified injuries. He was jailed on three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The Police said the shooting happened after a fight, but Simpkins’ family said he had been bullied and robbed twice at school.
His mother who was on video trying to justify why he made the decision to shoot up the people he did saying he was being bullied… Me as someone who was bullied in school I never took a gun or a knife to school. My parents put me in martial arts and I went in the following year and the first time the bullying started I kicked the persons ass. No need to go home grab a gun, and go back to shoot anyone. But when I was a kid we would fight it out and win or lose life went on. But this school shooting makes less sense when you take into account that this Simkkins kid who’s mom said was bullied is on video kicking the crap out of one of the kids he tried to shoot.
“The decision he made, taking the gun, we’re not justifying that,” said family spokeswoman Carol Harrison Lafayette, who spoke to reporters outside the Simpkins’ home Wednesday night while standing with other relatives. “That was not right. But he was trying to protect himself.” Police said a 15-year-old student who was shot remained in critical condition while a 25-year-old teacher who was shot was in good condition Thursday.
