A gunman opened fire at a high school south of Atlanta, leaving four people dead and at least nine more injured, according to a report released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday.
Students scrambled for shelter in the football stadium as officers swarmed the campus and parents raced to find out if their children were safe.
A suspect was in custody, authorities said.
“What you see behind us is evil,” Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said at a brief news conference outside Apalachee High School. He declined to give details about casualties or the suspect.
Jacob King, a sophomore football player, said he had dozed off in his world history class after a morning practice when he heard about 10 gunshots.
King said he didn’t believe the shooting was real until he heard an officer yelling at someone to put down their gun. King said when his class was led out, he saw officers shielding what appeared to be an injured student.
Ashley Enoh was at home Wednesday morning when she got a text from her brother, who’s a senior at Apalachee High School:
“Just so you know, I love you,” he texted her.
When she asked in the family group chat what was going on, he said there was a shooter at the school. Enoh’s younger sister, a junior at the school, said she had heard about the shooter and that everything was on lockdown.
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