Teacher shot in Wilmer Hutchins High School attack speaks out on trauma and future in education

The Brief

  • A math teacher, Columbia Renix, was shot as the bullet barely grazed her face, instead damaging her glasses during the April 15 shooting at Wilmer Hutchins High School.
  • Renix, a new mother, was cleaning a breast pump in a neighboring classroom when a bullet pierced the wall and struck her.
  • The alleged gunman, 17-year-old Tracy Haynes, is jailed on a $3.1 million bond, with prosecutors claiming the attack was planned and his defense citing self-defense.

DALLAS The April 15 shooting at Wilmer Hutchins High School hurt five people, four students and a teacher.

Fox 4’s Casey Stegall spoke with that math teacher about those terrifying moments.

Teacher recaps shooting

Columbia Renix, a new mother at the time, had only been teaching at Wilmer Hutchins High School for a few months, when the April 15 shooting broke out.

She was in a neighboring classroom, cleaning her breast pump as gunfire erupted in the hallway.

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