BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — What was just a normal day inside a Winder high school turned into terror when a gunman opened fire, killing at least four and injuring at least nine.
Channel 2′s Tom Jones spoke with a senior at Apalachee High School, who recounted the moments she says her teacher was shot and killed.
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The student said she and her classmates were in statistics class when they heard someone beating on a locker outside the classroom.
“She says her teacher went out to investigate and that’s when they heard a shot. Their teacher fell back into the doorway of their classroom,” Jones reported.
The student said that’s when the shooting stopped. She then said a group of classmates went out into the hallway and grabbed their teacher and dragged him or her back into the classroom.
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She said that the group of students then barricaded the door and hid inside the classroom, waiting for help to come.
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The teacher who was killed has not been identified.
Video shared with Channel 2 Action News showed one faculty member lying on the ground bleeding heavily. It’s unclear if that is the teacher who was killed.
Jones then spoke to a student who said she heard gunshots and then heard police tell the gunman to put his hands up. Kerrigan Murdoch said she was in class when a sign inside the classroom said there was an emergency lockdown.
“All I hear is ‘Boom, boom boom boom!’ We all booked it down. Everyone was crying,” Kerrigan said. “It was a scary moment.”
Kerrigan said that as police were escorting her outside, she saw a student shot and killed near a bathroom.
The GBI has not confirmed if any of the victims were students.
None of the victims have been identified.
Authorities have confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that the suspect is in custody.
It remains unclear if the shooter is a student.
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