Georgia officers respond to shooting at US high school

Law enforcement officers in Georgia responded on Wednesday to a shooting at a high school and there appear to be victims, authorities said. Live aerial TV images showed several ambulances outside of Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. CNN said it witnessed a patient being loaded into a medical helicopter that had landed at the school.

“At approximately 10:23 am, officers from multiple law enforcement agencies and Fire/EMS personnel were dispatched to the high school in reference to a reported active shooting,” the Barrow County Sheriff’s office said in a statement.

“This is an ongoing situation,” the statement added. A Barrow County Schools spokesperson said the school has been “secured by law enforcement and students are being released.” No other information was available.

Source: SABC

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