NBC 5’s Larry Collins has the latest on the ongoing investigation into the shooting at the Dallas ISD school.
What to Know
- According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Dallas ISD police said five students were shot at Wilmer-Hutchins High School on Tuesday. Dallas Fire-Rescue said Wednesday that only four people had been shot and one person was hospitalized for anxiety.
- DFR said the conditions of the shooting victims range from serious to non-life-threatening, and the victims were 15- to 18-year-olds.
- Officials have confirmed a suspect is in custody. The suspect has been identified as 17-year-old Tracy Denard Haynes Jr.
- Officials have not said what led to the outbreak of gunfire.
- The affidavit says school surveillance video showed an unidentified student let Haynes in through an unsecured door at 1:03 p.m., and moments later, he began firing indiscriminately at five students.
- In April 2024, a student was shot in the leg in a WHHS classroom after a student was able to bring a gun into the building, bypassing security and metal detectors.
Five students were hospitalized after a shooting inside Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas on Tuesday afternoon, officials say. The school is the same one where a student was injured in a shooting in a classroom last year.
Officials with Dallas Fire-Rescue confirmed Wednesday that four boys were shot and a 14-year-old girl was hospitalized for anxiety. The ages of the shooting victims were 15 to 18, and they had injuries that ranged from serious to non-life-threatening. Of the five people hospitalized on Tuesday, only two remained hospitalized on Wednesday, DFR said.
In a brief news conference Tuesday afternoon, Dallas ISD police and district officials said the gunman had been identified but was at large. Hours later, the suspect surrendered and was arrested. The suspect, identified by police as 17-year-old Tracy Denard Haynes Jr., is currently in the Dallas County Jail, held on a $600,000 bond. It's unclear if Haynes has obtained an attorney.
"Today, as we all know, the unthinkable has happened," said Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde. "And quite frankly, this is just becoming way too familiar, and it should not be familiar."
District leaders said classes would be canceled at the high school through the rest of the week, and counselors would be made available to anyone struggling after the shooting.
In April 2024, a student was injured after being shot in the leg while inside a classroom at Wilmer-Hutchins High School. Following that incident, students held a protest as they demanded answers about how someone was able to bring a gun inside with security and metal detectors at the doors. District officials later discovered there was a broken metal detector at the school.
NBC 5's David Goins, Maria Guerrero, Candace Sweat, Alicia Barrera, Wayne Carter, Dominga Gutierrez, Lucy Ladis, Elvira Sakmari and Frank Heinz contributed to this report.
