Teen Shooting Suspect Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Attempted Capital Murder in Texas

Timothy Simpkins was sentenced to 12 years in prison for attempted capital murder in Texas back in 2021. Reports say the teen shooting suspect wounded two other students and a teacher at Timberview High School.

In the late morning of October 6, 2021, Zaccheaus Selby, then 15, went straight to Timothy Simpkins, then 18, upon entering a classroom and began beating the latter. When the two were separated, Simpkins allegedly fired at Selby hitting him three times.

An article in Fox News states that following the fight with Selby, the teen shooting suspect opened fire which grazed another student who was running to safety and wounded a teacher in the shoulder.

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Teen Shooting Suspect Sentenced

According to an article in AP News, on July 24, a jury sentenced the teen shooting suspect, now 19, to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of attempted capital murder at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas. During the trial’s punishment phase, the teen shooting suspect took the witness stand and reportedly stated that he understood that what he did was wrong.

Nonetheless, the shooting suspect repeatedly claimed that he carried the weapon at school only to defend himself. Further reports say the teen shooting suspect had faced up to life in prison after he was convicted by a jury in Tarrant County last week.

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