A 17-year-old teenager identified as Tracy Haynes turned himself in after allegedly carrying out the mass shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas, which saw five students get injured. He was charged with aggravated assault occurring as part of a mass shooting.
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According to The Dallas Morning News, at 9:32 p.m., more than eight hours after the mass shooting, Tracy Haynes turned himself in. He was booked into Dallas County Jail and was charged with aggravated assault mass shooting. Haynes's bail was set at $600,000.
Urban Specialists President Antong Lucky shared with the outlet that he met with Haynes and his family before his arrest. Lucky's organization advocates against violence, as per the outlet. Reportedly, they contacted him at approximately 6 p.m. and then met him at the Urban Specialists office.
"I want to deal with this," Haynes allegedly told Lucky during their meeting. "Man, I'm impressed. I mean, you need to. You don't need to run. You need to deal with this and face it head on," Lucky answered, according to him.
Shooting Details
Details on how the mass shooting happened are under investigation. However, according to an affidavit obtained by WFAA, it is believed that an "unidentified student" helped Tracy Haynes into the school through an unsecured door.
Christina Smith, Dallas Independent School District Assistant Chief of Police, stated that the gun had not entered the school during "regular intake time." "It was not a failure of our staff, of our protocols or of the machinery that we have," Smith added.
Once inside, Haynes saw a group of male students and allegedly started shooting "indiscriminately," as per the document. The affidavit alleges that, moments later, Haynes encountered a student "who was not able to run," deciding to "take a point-blank shot at the student."
According to Fox 4, five students were injured during the mass shooting. Initially, first responders reported four injured. Out of the five, four of them suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and one is currently in critical condition.
Classes at Wilmer-Hutchins High School were cancelled for the rest of the week. Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde held a brief news conference and addressed the shooting.
"Quite frankly, this is just becoming way too familiar, and it should not be familiar," Elizalde said. "There are many questions, and we're not going to have all the answers right now because some of the information will be inaccurate. So we will do our very best because we know it is important to always be transparent."
One year before, on April 12, 2024, another shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School injured a student, who was shot in the leg.
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