Tracy Haynes Jr., 17, turned himself in to police after video confirmed him capturing within the hallway at Wilmer-Hutchins Excessive College college students.
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Dallas Impartial College District officers are set to offer an replace Thursday morning relating to this week’s capturing at Wilmer-Hutchins Excessive College the place 5 individuals had been hospitalized.
Tracy Haynes Jr.. 17, turned himself into police and he has been charged with “aggravated assault mass capturing,” a particular cost associated to mass capturing incidents that was handed by the Texas Legislature in 2023. His bond was set at $600,000, in line with jail information.
In a video initially posted to Instagram, which has been confirmed as genuine by WFAA’s sources, Haynes says, “I do know I used to be improper for what I did. I did not need to do it, however I needed to do it.” Within the clip, Haynes doesn’t specify precisely what he did. However did say he cherished his nieces and nephews, and that he believed individuals had been going to kill him.
“My mama gone, my granny gone, everyone gone that I like, so… I can not go. I can not go. I would quite y’all see me like this, locked up, than y’all see me useless within the floor,” Haynes continued.
An arrest affidavit obtained by WFAA mentioned college surveillance cameras confirmed an unidentified scholar let Haynes in an unsecured door. Haynes walked the hallway till he noticed a number of male college students within the hallway, displayed a firearm and commenced capturing on the college students indiscriminately, the affidavit mentioned. 5 college students had been shot, in line with the affidavit, however Dallas Fireplace-Rescue officers later clarified that a type of college students was not shot and had as an alternative suffered anxiety-related signs.
Haynes then approached one scholar who couldn’t run and “appeared to take a point-blank shot,” the affidavit mentioned.
In line with Dallas ISD Superintendent Dr. Stephanie Elizalde, lessons at Wilmer-Hutchins Excessive College have been canceled for the remainder of the week, and psychological well being assets might be supplied to college students, school and workers.
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