Photos: Wilmer-Hutchins High School shooting in Dallas causes panic among students; ‘Running, everybody was running’

Wilmer-Hutchins High School students scrambled to hide behind tables, in restrooms, and in classrooms after they heard gunshots.

Updated on: Apr 16, 2025 5:21 PM IST

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In a tragic shooting incident at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas, four student were injured on Tuesday. It is a same school where a student suffered an injury in a shooting in a classroom last year. Meanwhile, fire engine blocked a road accessing Wilmer-Hutchins High School, where police were responding to reports of a shooting, in Dallas, Tx., Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (AP)

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An undercover Texas Highway patrolman arrived to Wilmer-Hutchins High School. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (AP)

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Agents loaded bags into a crime unit vehicle on the Wilmer-Hutchins High School grounds after authorities reported the campus had been secured following reports of a shooting, in Dallas, Tx., Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (AP)

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Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins, left, and Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde addressed the media after a shooting at Wilmer-Hutchins High School, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Dallas. (Elías Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News via AP) (AP)

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According to Dallas Fire-Rescue officials, those hospitalized were between the ages of 15 and 18. They suffered injuries that ranged from critical to non-life-threatening. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (AP)

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Parents were checked in to pick up their children at Wilmer-Hutchins High School, where police responded to reports of a shooting in Dallas, Tx., Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (AP)

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Parents picked up their children at Wilmer-Hutchins High School, “I turned around, all I heard was seven gunshots. I grabbed a teacher and ran in the room,” student Patrick Campos told NBC5 (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (AP)

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Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde, left center, spoke with a highway patrolman outside Wilmer-Hutchins High School.  “We were in class,” Detaeja King told NBC5 while recalling the tragic shooting that left students shaken. “I heard like six shots and the teacher ran to the door and closed it and told us to hide in the corner,” added King, who is a junior at Wilmer-Hutchins. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (AP)

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A woman carried a child as she and a student of Wilmer-Hutchins High School leave after authorities reported the campus had been secured after shooting incident. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (AP)

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During a brief news conference on Tuesday afternoon, Dallas ISD police and district officials stated the gunman was still at large despite having been identified. The suspect was taken into custody a few hours later and is presently being held at the Dallas County Jail. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) (AP)