Texas school shooting suspect RELEASED on bail, high-profile lawyer claims he acted in self-defense against bullies – By Russia Today Newsroom (Russia Today) / Oct 7 2021
The 18-year-old arrested for shooting three people at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas has been released on a $75,000 bail after less than a day in jail. His attorney insists this wasn’t a “standard” school shooting.
Timothy George Simpkins walked out of the Tarrant County jail on Thursday, and into a white Mercedes sedan, without talking to reporters. He was released by County Magistrate Judge Brooke Panuthos into house arrest enforced by a GPS monitor, and told he had to undergo drug and alcohol testing and stay away from four individuals the media have identified as victims of Wednesday’s incident.
Two of the victims were still in the hospital as of Thursday, including a 15-year-old boy in critical condition and a 25-year-old man in good condition, the authorities said. The latter has been identified as Calvin Pettitt, an English teacher who jumped in to break up the fight between Simpkins and another teen, documented in a video that made rounds on social media.
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