Student wounded in shooting at Georgia’s Warner Robins High School
Key Highlights
- One student was wounded in an Aug. 12 shooting at Warner Robins High School in Warner Robins, Ga.; authorities said the injuries were not life-threatening.
- Authorities said an altercation involving two ninth-grade students in a school bathroom escalated before one student was shot.
- A school resource officer provided immediate medical assistance, and the suspected shooter was apprehended about an hour later near the school.
- The school is closed to students Thursday and Friday, and crisis counseling is being made available to staff and students.
A student has been wounded in a shooting at Warner Robins High School in Georgia, and another student was later taken into custody after fleeing the campus, according to The Associated Press. Houston County Sheriff Matt Moulton told AP that the shooting occurred at about 2:15 p.m. Aug. 12 after a verbal argument between two ninth-grade students in a school bathroom erupted and turned physical.
According to AP, a school resource officer responded quickly to the situation and applied tourniquets to the injured student, and then stayed with the student until emergency medical personnel arrived. The injured student apparently suffered injuries that were characterized as “non-life-threatening,” but no further details on the student's condition have been made available.
The suspected shooter was reportedly apprehended about an hour later in a neighborhood roughly a half-mile from the school and was taken into custody by local police, Moulton said. The shooting, which happened just a week into the new school year, has caused a wave of reactions ranging from shock, fear, and frustration both locally and nationally.