Dallas ISD is laying out new security measures to crack down on gun violence at Wilmer-Hutchins High School. On Tuesday, police say a teenage gunman shot four students. It’s not the first shooting on campus and some leaders say the changes are long overdue. 온라인카지노사이트 5’S Keenan Willard has the latest.
Officials with the Dallas Independent School District said Thursday it will add enough personnel to Wilmer-Hutchins High School to ensure that each of the 13 entry doors on campus is staffed at all times while school is in session.
Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde said it's one step the district can take now, even as an administrative review and active criminal investigation into the shooting that left four students injured is ongoing.
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"So, that I can guarantee that another student cannot open one of these doors from the inside and let anyone unauthorized in,” Elizalde said.
The district said it's also exploring new technology options for the Wilmer-Hutchins campus, including alarms that would sound when side doors are opened.
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The comments from district leadership came during a media briefing on Thursday that included the first update on the criminal investigation since the immediate hours after the shooting.
Dallas ISD police chief Albert Martinez said detectives do not have a motive yet, but are looking into the possibility that the accused shooter, 17-year-old Tracy Haynes, may have been targeting one specific person.
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"We do believe he went in there specifically targeting an individual,” Martinez said.
He added that detectives were also working to speak with the student captured on surveillance video opening a locked door from the inside, allowing the shooter access to the school with a gun.
Right now, investigators don't know if the student who opened the door was actively involved in the planning of the shooting, Martinez said.
"That’s what we’re investigating, how deep is the culpability there," Martinez said.
Dallas ISD said the shooting on Tuesday differs from a similar scene that played out in April 2024 when a student was shot in the leg at Wilmer-Hutchins.
At that time, district officials acknowledged a failure in following proper screening protocols that allowed a gun to get through undetected at the school's main entrance.
In the most recent shooting, police say a student opened a locked entry door.
"I don’t know that it was preventable," Martinez said.
Dallas ISD board member Maxie Johnson told 온라인카지노사이트 5 he’s been calling for the new security measures discussed by DISD Thursday since the first shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins, and he’s glad to see them being implemented.
"Unfortunately, another incident had to happen for us to get this done," said Johnson. "But I’m supporting the superintendent, I think this is the right thing to do."
He’s still planning a community meeting to be held at Royce West Leadership Academy at 6 p.m. on Wednesday night for those worried about sending their students back to school.
"Our community is concerned. I’m still concerned. I’m grateful for the plan, but we have a lot to discuss," said Johnson.
Some in this community said they would support any action that makes Wilmer-Hutchins HS safer.
"Because I don’t want to hear about another school shooting, trying to end some of these younger kids’ lives," said Hutchins resident Colby Clary.
Haynes was in the Dallas County jail on Thursday evening on a $600,000 bond facing a count of aggravated assault mass shooting, according to jail records.
"This is an instance where someone had something they were intent on doing," Elizalde said.
