A teenager is in custody after the Tuesday afternoon school shooting that injured five students at a Dallas high school.
Following the mass shooting that occurred at Wilmer-Hutchins High School on April 15, a 17-year-old identified as Tracy Denard Haynes Jr. has been taken into custody. The violent incident, which unfolded on the Southeast Dallas campus, sent five students to the hospital and raised serious concerns about school safety protocols.
The shooting took place just after 1 p.m., and newly released details from the arrest affidavit show investigators relied heavily on hallway surveillance video to determine what happened.
According to police, Haynes was let into the building by another student through an unsecured door. The footage shows him walking down a hallway, pulling out a gun, and shooting at a group of male students. One student who couldn’t flee was shot at point-blank range. Despite existing safety measures like metal detectors and clear backpack requirements, officials confirmed the door Haynes entered had not been properly secured. Dallas ISD Police Chief Scott Smith clarified that this wasn’t a case of staff messing up or the school district’s rules not working.
