Timberview Shooting Suspect Released on Bond

[neurosis]

How in the f does anyone who pulls a gun out in a school and starts shooting at people get released on bail and only charged with aggravated assault?    

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/timberview-shooting-suspect-transferred-to-tarrant-co-jail/2760729/">Timothy George Simpkins faces three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon

The Timberview High School student accused of opening fire inside the school on Wednesday, injuring four people and then fleeing before being taken into custody hours later, was released from the Tarrant County Jail Thursday afternoon.

Timothy George Simpkins faces three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was released after paying a $75,000 bond. He is represented by Dallas attorney Bret Schmidt, Arlington police spokesman Tim Ciesco told NBC 5.

As part of his bond conditions, Simpkins is on house arrest on a GPS monitor, cannot possess a firearm and cannot have contact with any of the victims.

If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison.

Simpkins surrendered to Arlington police, with his attorney, without incident hours after the incident inside the South Arlington high school campus, which belongs in the Mansfield ISD.

Investigators said there was a fight between students in a classroom on the second floor of the school when Simpkins pulled out a gun, Arlington Assistant Police Chief Kevin Kolbye said Wednesday prior to Simpkins' arrest.

[RobertELee]

Because Covid.... that's why....  

Minnesota is the same way, but at least he's got a GPS ankle monitor.

[rdshear]

How in the f does anyone who pulls a gun out in a school and starts shooting at people get released on bail and only charged with aggravated assault?

I was wondering the exact same thing when I heard this on the news this morning.  This world is going nuts.