Timberview High School, Arlington, Public School Violence

Timothy George Simpkins, 18, Timberview High School, Arlington, Before shooting

The student, who was charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, was seen in videos shared in social media enjoying a celebratory family gathering in his kitchen.
Meanwhile, 15-year-old student Zacchaeus Selby, who was struck four times during the gunfire, remained hospitalized in an induced coma, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

ARLINGTON, Texas — The teenager accused in the shooting at Timberview High School in Arlington has been indicted on seven total charges, according to a press release from the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office.

A Tarrant County Grand Jury Friday returned indictments Friday in the October 2021 shooting at Timberview High School that left four people injured. The shooting happened after a fight in one of the schools' classrooms.

Later in the day when the shooting happened in October, Simpkins' family said bullying played a part in his turning to violence.

Later that month, however, Arlington Police Chief Al Jones said investigators had found no evidence the suspect was bullied, and instead found that Simpkins was involved in some high-risk activity.
“We can’t and we won’t say that there was any evidence of bullying that day or any other day,” Chief Jones said during a town hall meeting in October. “I also want to say with certainty that Mr. Simpkins is involved in high-risk activity, and that high-risk activity led to the disagreement within the community.”