ATLANTA: Law enforcement officers in Georgia responded to a shooting at a high school on Wednesday and there were reports that at least two people had died.
In addition to the two dead, four people were injured in the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. MSNBC reported, citing unnamed police officials briefed on the incident.
A suspect was in custody, the Barrow County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
The incident appeared to be under control and the students were released by noon, a Barrow County Schools spokesman said.
ABC News He cited a witness, student Sergio Caldera, who said he was in chemistry class when he heard gunshots. Caldera, 17, said alphabet Her teacher opened the door and another teacher ran in to tell her to close the door “because there's an active shooter.”
As students and teachers gathered in the classroom, someone banged on the door to his classroom and shouted several times for it to be opened. When the banging stopped, Caldera heard more gunshots and screams. He said his class was later evacuated to the school's football field.
Live aerial television footage showed several ambulances outside the high school.
CNN He said he witnessed a patient being loaded onto a medical helicopter that had landed at the school.
“At approximately 10:23 a.m., officers from multiple law enforcement agencies and fire and EMS personnel were dispatched to the high school in reference to a reported active shooting,” the Sheriff's Office said.
The FBI's Atlanta office sent agents to the high school to support local police, said Jenna Sellitto, a spokeswoman for the office.
Over the past two decades, the United States has seen hundreds of school and college shootings, with the deadliest resulting in more than 30 deaths at Virginia Tech in 2007. The massacre has sparked an intense debate over U.S. gun laws and the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which enshrines the right “to keep and bear arms.”
The White House said in a statement that President Joe Biden had been briefed on the shooting “and his administration will continue to coordinate with federal, state and local officials as we receive more information.”
