****Chiefsplanet's Official School Shooting Thread****

[Mr. Flopnuts]

May as well roll all of these up into one thread with how often they're happening.

Another one just happened in Atlanta in a middle school. I'll dial up the reports.

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/20...ing-in-atlanta

ATLANTA -
A 14-year-old student was shot in the head at Price Middle School in Atlanta on Thursday, police confirm.

According to Atlanta Police spokesman Carlos Campos, police responded to a call of a student shot around 1:50 p.m. They found a wounded student outside of a building. The student was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and was said to be alert and conscious.

A suspect has been taken into custody, Campos said. That suspect has tentatively been identified as a student, according to police.

A teacher suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene, according to an Atlanta Fire Department spokesperson. That teacher was not shot.

No other students were injured, Campos said.

The school is on lockdown, and authorities say parents are not being allowed to pickup their children at this time. Only school officials are being allowed on campus as police investigate the shooting. School officials are coordinating "an orderly dismissal" according to Campos.

Atlanta Public Schools said via Twitter that walking students will be released at normal dismissal time, followed by carpool riders and then buses will take students home.

The school is located on Benjamin Weldon Bickers Drive.

According to a tweet from Atlanta Public Schools, Carver High School and Slater Elementary School, which are close to Price, are also on lockdown.

[rockymtnchief]

I kid you not, in my day, a quarter of the pick-ups had a rifle or two hanging in the gun rack and probably a pistol under the seat. (School of 2000 kids) Nobody was ever shot.

[frazod]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

God.

You had me all freaked out, CB.

Sorry, dude. Better luck next time.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by rockymtnchief

I kid you not, in my day, a quarter of the pick-ups had a rifle or two hanging in the gun rack and probably a pistol under the seat. (School of 2000 kids) Nobody was ever shot.

Same here, rifles/shotguns hanging on racks in the back window of trucks filled the parking lot, and it's not like we didn't have fights either, just that nobody considered grabbing a gun.