22-04-2025
Alleged 2024 Wilmer-Hutchins High School shooter to attend plea hearing
The alleged teen gunman in a
2024 shooting at Dallas ISD's Wilmer-Hutchins High School
will appear in court on Tuesday.
Ja'Kerian Rhodes-Ewing, who was 17 years old at the time of the shooting on April 12, 2024, will appear at 9 a.m. in a Dallas County courtroom for a plea hearing where he will plead guilty or not guilty.
He allegedly shot another student in the leg with a Pink Lady 38 revolver inside a Wilmer-Hutchins High School classroom after a dispute.
A witness quoted in the affidavit told Rhodes-Ewing to leave the classroom and the building "to prevent further harm to the victim and others." No other injuries were reported from the shooting.
Rhodes-Ewing fled from the campus and was later found on Langdon Rd., near Wilmer-Hutchins Athletic Stadium. Police found the revolver hidden in a semi-wooded area nearby.
The now 18-year-old remains in the Dallas County Jail with one charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlicensed carrying a weapon in prohibited places. His bond is set at $200,000.
Dallas ISD said it had
strengthened security measures since the shooting
.
Several people were hospitalized after a
shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School
in Dallas on April 15, authorities said.
According to Dallas Fire-Rescue, there were a
total of five victims
- four directly from the shooting and the fifth indirectly impacted by the incident with anxiety-related symptoms.
Tracy Haynes Jr.
is currently being held in the Dallas County Jail on six counts of aggravated assault mass shooting. Five charges are for $500,000 and one charge is for $600,000. His total bond is $3.1 million, according to Dallas County court records.
