Thursday 31 January 2013

[WardFive] Article: Student shot at Atlanta school; fellow student in custody

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Shooting at Price Middle School

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A student, 14, was shot in the head at an Price Middle School in Atlanta on Thursday.
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Price Middle School is located north of the Lakewood area of Atlanta at 1670 Benjamin Weldon Bickers Drive S.E.
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By Christian Boone

Staff

A 14-year-old student shot in the head at an Atlanta school Thursday is "alert, conscious and breathing," said police.

The shooting occurred just before 2 p.m. outside Price Middle School in southeast Atlanta, said Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos.

The male victim has been taken to Grady Memorial Hospital.

One suspect, another Price Middle student, is in custody, police said. No teacher was injured, despite initial reports, said Campos.

At 3:45 p.m., a school official emerged and told anxiously waiting parents that "All children are safe."

Parents will not be allowed to pick students up at the school, which is on lockdown and cordoned off by police. Instead, students will board buses and be transported to nearby parking lots, including a nearby church.

Atlanta Public Schools have scheduled a 4 p.m. press conference.

About 50 parents waiting for their children grew frustrated as they lined up on Benjamin Weldon Bickers Drive, saying they had not received updates from police or school officials.

Lashanda Williams, who has a 7th grade son in the school, said "We want to know who the injured child is. We are all wondering, 'What if it is our child?'"

Parent Michelle Watts said she was called at about 2:15 p.m. by her 6th grade son's teacher, alerting her that her son was OK but there had been a shooting.

"He is very scared. He said on the phone 'Please come get me, please come get me',"said Watts.

Parent Shamaka McGhee said her daughter, a 6th grader, called her and said, "There's a standoff, there's a standoff. There's an intruder in the school, a boy going around shooting people."

Parent April Hood said parents received a text message from APS at 3 p.m. saying a student had been shot and a teacher had been hurt. Hood is the parent of an 8th grader.

Initial police reports were that the shooting was at Carver High School. Carver High and Slater Elementary are also on lockdown.

Return for updates.

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