Video: Bookkeeper at Georgia school describes how she persuaded gunman to surrender

Aug. 21, 2013
Antoinette Tuff talked to the gunman for almost an hour in the office of the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur
Video from WSB-TV: Antoinette Tuff, a bookkeeper at Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, Ga., describes how she talked to a gunman who entered the school Tuesday and after about an hour persuaded him to put down his weapon and surrender. Michael Brandon Hill, 20, was in custody. He allegedly fired at least a half dozen shots with an assault rifle in the elementary school.

ALSO: Classes resumed Wednesday for students who attend Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy, but they are being held at the nearby McNair High School, the DeKalb County district says.

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