Social justice group to protest in front of Mansfield Timberview following shooting
A Fort Worth social justice group plans to demand security and anti-bullying measures from officials at Timberview High School and Mansfield school district Tuesday morning, as students and staff head back to classes for the first time since the shooting that left four injured.
Leaders with United My Justice said the district has not provided them plans to improve security on campus after police say Timothy Simpkins, an 18-year-old student, pulled a gun from his backpack and started shooting after a fight with another student Wednesday morning.
Simpkins, who was released from jail Thursday, faces three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after turning himself in. Zacchaeus Selby, a 15-year-old Timberview student, and Calvin Pettitt, a 25-year-old teacher, were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Another student was reportedly grazed by bullets, and teacher Pariesa Altman was injured in a fall during the commotion, police said. Carol Harrison Lafayette, a representative for Simpkins’ family, has said the student had been bullied and robbed at Timberview, and the incidents were reported to teachers and the principal.
Leaders with United My Justice said they plan to hold a protest and press conference at the high school at 8 a.m. Tuesday because the district has not shared its plans to prevent another shooting or bullying.
“The school has failed both of these two young men and are going to continue to fail until they stop this bullying,” said Donnell Ballard, president of United My Justice.
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