Injuries reported in shooting at Georgia high school

Associated Press

WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A shooting astatine a Georgia precocious schoolhouse Wednesday caused an chartless number of injuries and a fishy was arrested successful a chaotic segment successful which officers swarmed nan field and students rushed for shelter successful nan shot stadium.

One fishy was successful custody, nan Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said successful a statement.

Shortly earlier 10:30 a.m., “officers from aggregate rule enforcement agencies and Fire/EMS unit were dispatched to nan precocious schoolhouse successful reference to a reported progressive shooting,” nan sheriff’s agency connection said.

“Casualties person been reported, nevertheless specifications connected nan number aliases their conditions is not disposable astatine this time,” nan connection added.

Helicopter video from WSB-TV showed dozens of rule enforcement and emergency vehicles surrounding Apalachee High School successful Barrow County, astir 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Atlanta.

“I person directed each disposable authorities resources to respond to nan incident astatine Apalachee High School and impulse each Georgians to subordinate my family successful praying for nan information of those successful our classrooms, some successful Barrow County and crossed nan state,” Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said successful a statement.

“We will proceed to activity pinch local, authorities and national partners arsenic we stitchery accusation and further respond to this situation,” Kemp added.

In a statement, nan FBI’s Atlanta agency said: “FBI Atlanta is alert of nan existent business astatine Apalachee High School successful Barrow County. Our agents are connected segment coordinating pinch and supporting section rule enforcement.”

Calls and messages to nan Barrow County Sheriff’s Office and nan schoolhouse were not instantly returned.

Apalachee High School has astir 1,900 students, according to records from Georgia acquisition officials. It became Barrow County’s second-largest nationalist precocious schoolhouse erstwhile it opened successful 2000, according to nan Barrow County School System. It’s named aft nan Apalachee River connected nan confederate separator of Barrow County.