Armed guard disarmed teen in Atlanta school shooting

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Who woulda thunk an armed Guard in a school could be effective.. we all know it would never work and more guns causes more deaths.

http://www.sltrib.co...e-says.html.csp

ATLANTA • Atlanta's police chief says an armed officer working at a city middle school where a teen was shot was able to disarm the suspect moments after the shooting.

Authorities say a 14-year-old boy was shot in the back of the neck Thursday at Price Middle School and his injury does not appear be life-threatening. The suspect is also a student at the school and has been taken into custody.

Chief George Turner says multiple shots were fired, and only the 14-year-old was wounded. A teacher received minor cuts in the aftermath of the shooting in the courtyard of the school.

Police spokesman Carlos Campos says investigators believe the shooting was not random.

Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis says the school has metal detectors and officials are looking into how the gun got on campus.

A fellow student was in custody as a suspect, authorities said. No other students were hurt.

Police swarmed Price Middle School just south of downtown Atlanta after reports of the shooting at 1:50 p.m., while a crowd of anxious parents gathered in the streets, awaiting word on their children. Students were being kept at the locked-down school some two hours after the shooting but television footage showed some of them being dismissed.

The wounded boy was taken "alert, conscious and breathing" to Grady Memorial Hospital, said Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos. Atlanta Public Schools said on their website that the suspect also was a student at Price.

Calls to the school district were not immediately returned.

Atlanta Fire Cpt. Marian McDaniel said the teen was shot in the back of the head and a teacher was treated at the scene for minor cuts.

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Shakita Walker, whose daughter is an eighth-grader at the school, said she received a text from her that said "Ma somebody's shooting and somebody got shot." Walker, who works at another school, said she jumped in her car and was thinking "just hurry up and get there."

Walker said her daughter called to tell her that they were being kept in the gymnasium, but she said she was anxious to see her to make sure she was OK.

The fear and anxiety was palpable in the crowd, as one person yelled "Does anyone know what happened?"

Mayor Kasim Reed condemned gun violence in a statement shortly after the shooting and said counselors were already at the school to meet with students, faculty and family members.

"Gun violence in and around our schools is simply unconscionable and must end," Reed said. "Too many young people are being harmed, and too many families are suffering from unimaginable and unnecessary grief."

Outside the school, Laquanda Pittman said she still hasn't heard from her sixth-grade son. She said she heard the news of the shooting on TV and immediately came to the school.

"All types of stuff went through my head. I'm wondering whether it was my child who got shot, is my child OK, did he see what happened?" Pittman said.

She said she just wants to see her son.

"As a parent, you just think you can send your child to school and you hope they come home OK," she said.

Edited February 1, 2013 by The Nature Boy

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Who woulda thunk if teens didn't have ready and easy access to guns no armed guard to disarm a teen who shouldn't be armed in the first place would be required? Talking about small gubmint and stuff. And talking about kids not getting shot at at school. But hey, guns are more important that life so what the hell?

Edited February 1, 2013 by Mr. Big Dog

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

Who woulda thunk an armed Guard in a school could be effective.. we all know it would never work and more guns causes more deaths.

clearly this must be a lie invented by fox news and the NRA as we've already been informed by the left that such just isn't possible.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

clearly this must be a lie invented by fox news and the NRA as we've already been informed by the left that such just isn't possible.

I don't remember anyone saying that. I think the argument is that it is the wrong approach. Which it clearly is. A kid got shot at school by another kid, no? The armed guard wasn't able to prevent that. Preventing a kid from accessing a firearm would have prevented it. It's not that difficult to grasp. Try it. You might succeed.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis says the school has metal detectors and officials are looking into how the gun got on campus.

Evidently, the security guard was ineffective in doing his primary job.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Evidently, the security guard was ineffective in doing his primary job.

Party pooper.

[decocker 7,198]

also, not a random shooting. wrong scenario to judge 'effectiveness'.

Police spokesman Carlos Campos says investigators believe the shooting was not random.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

All shooting and gun threads will now be moved to Off Topic.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

All shooting and gun threads will now be moved to Off Topic.

They'll spread them out all over VJ so that it appears there are fewer shootings than there really are. God bless Gunerica!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Party pooper.

I guess all that shooting woke him up. Too bad he wasn't able to hear the metal detector going off when the kid brought the gun onto campus.

[Karee 4,190]

I guess all that shooting woke him up. Too bad he wasn't able to hear the metal detector going off when the kid brought the gun onto campus.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Mods please move to Off topic.