Student accused in Dallas school shooting walked toward group in hall and opened fire, injuring 4

DALLAS AP The candidate accused of injuring four in a shooting at a Dallas high school was let into the building through an unsecured door and then walked down a hallway toward a group of students opening fire on them and then appearing to take a point-blank shot at one according to an arrest warrant disclosed Wednesday The -year-old suspect was being held in Dallas County jail on Wednesday on a charge of aggravated assault mass shooting He was taken into custody several hours after the shooting which happened just after p m on Tuesday at Wilmer-Hutchins High School Four male students were injured in the shooting and taken to hospitals according to officers By Wednesday two had been discharged and two remained hospitalized for observation but were expected to recover the Dallas Fire-Recue Department explained Three of those injured were between the ages of to and were shot according to Dallas Fire-Rescue A fourth person whose age was unknown had an injury that Dallas Fire-Rescue reported could only be identified as a musculoskeletal injury to the lower body Dallas Fire-Rescue mentioned Wednesday that a fifth person a -year-old female was later taken to the hospital for anxiety-related clues She had not been shot The shooting drew a large number of police and other law enforcement agents to the roughly -student campus School surveillance camera footage proved that an unidentified aspirant let the suspect in through an unsecured door prior to the shooting according to the arrest warrant The arrest warrant disclosed that after spotting the group of students in the hallway he displayed a firearm and began firing indiscriminately before approaching a participant who was not able to run and walking toward that scholar and appearing to take a point-blank shot Christina Smith assistant police chief for the Dallas Independent School District mentioned during a Tuesday news conference that she did not have any information on what led to the shooting Smith noted the gun didn t come into the school during regular intake time She announced it was not a failure of our staff of our protocols or of the machinery that we have But she stated she could not elaborate on that Dallas school district officers did not right now respond to an email or call from The Associated Press seeking additional information on Wednesday Stephanie Elizalde the school district s superintendent mentioned at the Tuesday news conference that there would be no school at the high school for the rest of the week But she added that counselors would be available to students The suspect s bond was set at Jail records did not list an attorney for him At the same school last April one apprentice shot another in the leg