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An eighteen year old man who shot four of his classmates at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas earlier this month apparently became violent in response to being bullied for being wealthy, with a family representative speaking to Timothy Simpkinsâ motive for the October 5th shooting.
Simpkins was bailed out of the Tarrant County Jail the day after the shooting spree on a $75,000 bond, with members of the community dumbfounded that someone could be granted bond after a school shooting. Four people were shot in the event, with three incurring serious injuries in need of hospitalization. Simpkins is facing three counts of aggravated assault with a gun.
âHe was scared, he was afraid,â family spokeswoman Carol Harrison-Lafayette said of Simpkinsâ actions at a press conference outside the family home. âIt wasnât just one person that would attack him and bully him, taking his money, harassing him because he had more things than maybe others. It takes us all to stand together against this bullying. It could have been a situation where he took the other turn and decided to commit suicide.â
