ARLINGTON, TX — New video shown in court on Tuesday shows a different angle of the Timberview High School fight turned shooting that left 3 people injured in 2021.
Timothy Simpkins is on trial in Tarrant County for multiple charges including three counts of attempted murder.
Simpkins pleaded not guilty to the three counts of attempted murder, as well as three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of unlawful carrying a weapon in a prohibited place.
His defense team chose not to present any opening statements but used the fight video to argue he was bullied at school.
Two teachers who broke up the fight back in October of 2021 testified on Monday.
One of them was shot in the back as he was running away. The bullet is still in his chest two years later.
Another teacher said she was traumatized by the shooting and has not been able to teach in a classroom since then.
Simpkins was reportedly offered a plea deal. No details of the deal were released after he and his lawyers turned it down.