The Brief
- A Dallas teenager has pleaded guilty to the April 2024 shooting that injured a student at Wilmer Hutchins High School.
- Ja’Kerian Rhodes-Ewing, 17 at the time of the shooting, was sentenced to five years in prison as part of a plea deal.
- The shooting happened after the student triggered the school’s metal detectors, but he wasn’t stopped and his bag wasn’t checked.
DALLAS – A Dallas teenager who was charged in the 2024 shooting at Wilmer Hutchins High School in Dallas has pleaded guilty.
Wilmer Hutchins High School Shooting 2024
The backstory:
Ja’Kerian Rhodes-Ewing was 17-years-old when he went into the school on April 12, 2024, and shot and injured another student.
Rhodes-Ewing showed up to school late. He was carrying a bag with a weapon, and it triggered the metal detector, but no one stopped him or checked his bag, officials said.…