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Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Yahoo
Dallas School Shooting: Bullet flew through teacher's glasses and narrowly missed her eye, report says
The Brief Newly released police documents talk about the fifth person who was injured in the Wilmer-Hutchins High School shooting last month. A math teacher was grazed by a bullet that went through a wall. It nearly hit her right eye. Four students also suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The 17-year-old suspected gunman is still in jail with a $3.1M bond. DALLAS - Police documents from last month's shooting at Wilmer Hutchins High School confirm what prosecutors previously revealed in a court hearing – there were five victims of the shooting. A teacher was grazed by a bullet. It flew through her glasses, narrowly missing an eye. The backstory Security video from inside Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas shows a chilling sequence of events on the afternoon of April 15, 2025. Investigators said 17-year-old Tracy Haynes is seen moving through the hallway, shooting four male students. Haynes allegedly approached one student who wasn't able to run away and took a point-blank shot. That final victim is likely only alive because Haynes' 40-caliber handgun with an extended clip jammed up. Haynes fled the school after the shooting and was able to get a ride to Red Oak from an unsuspecting bystander. He later turned himself in to the police after contacting Urban Specialists for help. The nonprofit organization works to curb gun violence and poverty. What we know According to a newly released arrest warrant affidavit from the Dallas ISD Police Department, a fifth person was injured when a stray bullet entered a classroom and grazed a teacher on the right side of her face, just inches away from her right eye. Geometry teacher Columbia Renix said on GoFundMe that the bullet went through her glasses. Renix elaborated in an interview with the Dallas Morning News. She said the impact blew the frames right off her face. She told the newspaper she'd only worked at Wilmer-Hutchins High School for half of the year, returning to the job shortly after giving birth to her first child. Renix said she's still breastfeeding and had gone into a room to clean her breast pump when the shooting occurred. She said that's when the bullet punctured the wall and grazed her. The Dallas ISD affidavit states she was treated at the scene and released. In her online fundraiser, Renix said her vision wasn't the only thing affected. "We take it day-by-day to heal," she wrote. What we don't know FOX 4 tried to contact Renix to share more of her story but didn't hear back from her. Dig deeper Haynes had a court appearance less than a week after the shooting where prosecutors tried to argue the crime was premeditated. Some of his relatives testified he was acting in self-defense, alleging gang members had been threatening him and his family. The judge denied a request to reduce his $3.1 million bond. Haynes remains in the Dallas County jail charged with six counts of aggravated assault in a mass shooting. The Source The information in this story comes from an arrest warrant affidavit from the Dallas ISD Police Department and Columbia Renix's GoFundMe post, as well as past news coverage.
Newsweek
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Most Californians Want More Guns in Schools—Poll
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A majority of Californians support schools hiring armed police officers, according to a new poll. Why It Matters California is one of the most progressive states in the nation and its residents generally support more gun control measures and highlight concerns about the police, according to surveys. Despite those stances, this poll suggests having armed officers in schools is popular, even in the deep blue state. The survey comes as shootings at schools have become regular headlines. There were 39 school shootings resulting in injuries across the United States in 2024, according to data from EducationWeek. These shootings have fueled calls for more stringent gun laws among many Americans, but others say policy efforts around mental health are needed. Proponents of armed officers in schools say they believe they would help prevent shootings, but critics say they would do little to keep students safer. Parents are checked in to pick up their children at Wilmer-Hutchins High School, where police responded to reports of a shooting in Dallas on April 15, 2025. Parents are checked in to pick up their children at Wilmer-Hutchins High School, where police responded to reports of a shooting in Dallas on April 15, 2025. Associated Press What To Know A new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) found that residents of the Golden State are broadly concerned about school shootings and view armed officers in schools as a potential measure to prevent them. The survey found that 72 percent of Californians and 81 percent of public school parents are either "very" or "somewhat" concerned about school shootings. Only 9 percent of those living in the state said they aren't concerned about school shootings at all. Meanwhile, 71 percent of residents and 76 percent of public school parents said they support having armed police officers in schools. Seventeen percent of all Californians somewhat oppose the idea, while 11 percent said they strongly oppose it, the poll found. "There is a link between concern about a school shooting and support for armed police officers in schools. Among those who are concerned, 75% support this policy. Still, even among those who do not express concern about a school shooting, a majority (61%) support armed police officers in schools," the poll report reads. It surveyed 1,591 adults, 279 of whom were public school parents, from March 27 to April 4, 2025. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points for all adults and plus or minus 6.8 percentage points for public school parents. California schools are not currently required to have armed officers in schools, but there have been legislative efforts to change that. It What People Are Saying California State Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher, who introduced a bill that would put an armed officer in every school, told The Sacramento Bee: "I talk to people all the time who say we need, you know, better security at our schools, right? I wish it weren't the case." Students Demand Action, a gun control advocacy group, wrote in 2023: "Increasing gun violence in schools has given districts, teachers, and communities an earnest desire to protect against school shootings. But the practice of policing in schools, including the traditional SRO model, has not been shown to reduce school shooting deaths." What Happens Now While a majority of Californians back armed officers in schools, it's unclear whether the Democratic-controlled state legislature will pass a bill to establish that requirement.
USA Today
30-04-2025
- Health
- USA Today
Trump administration discontinues $1 billion in school mental health grants
Trump administration discontinues $1 billion in school mental health grants The grant programs, which supported hiring school psychologists and counselors, were funded by bipartisan legislation passed in the wake of the 2022 massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Show Caption Hide Caption Dallas school shooting: Students run from Wilmer-Hutchins High School Students were seen running from Wilmer-Hutchins H.S. after a school shooting that happened around 1 p.m. Here is SKY 4 video. Fox - 4 News WASHINGTON – The Trump administration abruptly cancelled roughly $1 billion in federal funding aimed at helping schools hire and train therapists. Hundreds of recipients of grants across the country received letters April 29 from the U.S. Department of Education informing them that their mental health programs violated civil rights laws. Some constituted an "inappropriate use of federal funds," according to the letter. "The grant is therefore inconsistent with, and no longer effectuates, the best interest of the Federal Government and will not be continued," says the letter, which was signed by Murray Bessette, a senior advisor at the Education Department. The Trump administration confirmed April 30 that it discontinued $1 billion in grants that supported school-based mental health programs. The grants ran afoul of their intended purpose, said Madi Biedermann, a spokesperson for the Education Department, and were part of the "deeply flawed priorities of the Biden administration." Specifically, the Trump administration took issue with programs for educating mental health professionals about systemic racism and training therapists to focus on race-related stress and trauma, among other things. "We owe it to American families to ensure that taxpayer dollars are supporting evidence-based practices that are truly focused on improving students' mental health," Biedermann said in a statement. Read more: Are school nurse jobs in jeopardy? As pandemic relief expires, some are worried An April 29 notice from the Education Department's office of legislative affairs says the agency "plans to re-envision and re-compete its mental health program funds to more effectively support students' behavioral health needs." The grants were funded through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a landmark gun safety law passed in the wake of a massacre three years ago in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 elementary school students and two teachers dead. Read more: The U.S. passed a landmark gun control deal. Is it working? Mental health advocates denounced the cuts. Nancy Duchesneau, an education researcher at EdTrust, a left-leaning advocacy group, called the cancellations "irresponsible and cruel." Zachary Schermele is an education reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach him by email at zschermele@ Follow him on X at @ZachSchermele and Bluesky at @
CBS News
22-04-2025
- CBS News
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.
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Yahoo
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