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A teacher barricaded himself inside a locked classroom at a Georgia high school on Wednesday and apparently fired a single shot from a handgun, authorities said.
No students were in the classroom at the time, and the only injury reported was a student who hurt their ankle running when Dalton High School was evacuated.
The teacher was identified by the Dalton Police Department as 53-year-old Jesse Randall Davidson, a social studies teacher and play-by-play voice of the Dalton football team.
Police spokesman Bruce Frazier said the teacher was taken into custody after a 30- to 45-minute standoff with officers.
Here is more from the Atlantic Journal-Constitution:VIDEO: Dalton High students running to safety after reports of shots fired. @DaltonPD says the suspect is believed to be a teacher. Suspect is in custody. Video credit Dalton HS Student @wesleycaceres5. @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/pFyoBVbtFc— Chris Jose (@ChrisJoseWSB) February 28, 2018
The incident at Dalton High School, about 91 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta, sent panicked students running through hallways and alarmed parents already on edge in the wake of a mass shooting earlier this month at a Florida high school.
About 11:30 a.m., some students tried to get into Randal Davidson’s classroom and he would not let them in, Dalton police spokesman Bruce Frazier said.
They alerted the principal. When the principal came to the door and used his key to try to open it, Davidson forcibly closed it on him, Frazier said.
At that point, the principal heard a gunshot. Police have not said what type of gun was used, only that it was a handgun.
"We had officers inside the building quickly,” Frazier said. Officers evacuated a hallway and secured the area first.
During the evacuation, a female student was hurt, police said. That student is being treated by emergency officials for an ankle injury.
As the incident was unfolding at least one Dalton High student made the obvious observation.
You do not know if a person is a "bad guy with a gun" until they do something bad with that gun.@nra my favorite teacher at Dalton high school just blockaded his door and proceeded to shoot. We had to run out The back of the school in the rain. Students were being trampled and screaming. I dare you to tell me arming teachers will make us safe.— Chondi🌙 (@_omg_chondi_) February 28, 2018
Until then they are just a person with a gun.
And people, even good people, have very bad days.
Having access to a firearm can make that very bad day, a deadly day for them, and for those around them.
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