Dallas school shooting suspect arrested after four students wounded
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A suspect is in custody after a shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas left four male students injured, prompting a large police response.
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Parents are checked in to pick up their children at Wilmer-Hutchins High School, where police responded to reports of a shooting in Dallas, Texas, on April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A suspect in a shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas that left four students injured has been taken into custody, according to school district officials.
Three students were shot, and a fourth sustained a musculoskeletal injury to the lower body, Dallas Fire-Rescue said.
All four male students were hospitalized with injuries ranging from serious to non-life-threatening after the incident, which occurred just after 1 pm on Tuesday.
"This is just becoming way too familiar. And it should not be familiar," said Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde at a press conference held hours after the shooting.
The school district announced the suspect was apprehended later Tuesday but provided no details about their identity or whether they had been formally arrested. That said, Christina Smith, assistant police chief for Dallas ISD, said the investigation was still active and that the motive behind the shooting remained unclear.
Dallas Fire-Rescue reported the ages of the three students who were shot as between 15 and 18 years old, while the age of the fourth injured student was not disclosed.
Authorities released limited information at the press briefing, though aerial footage showed a heavy police presence on the roughly 1,000-student campus. "I know that there are many questions, and we’re not going to have all of the answers right now because some of the information will be inaccurate," Elizalde said.
All other students were safely evacuated and later reunited with their families. Elizalde also announced that classes at Wilmer-Hutchins would be canceled for the rest of the week, with counselors available to support students.
Assistant Chief Smith noted that the firearm used in the incident was not brought in during regular school check-in procedures. “It was not a failure of our staff, of our protocols or of the machinery that we have,” she said, though she declined to elaborate further.
