DECATUR, Ga. — A suspect was in custody after gunfire at an Atlanta-area elementary school where dramatic television footage showed young students racing out of the building, being escorted by teachers and police. No one was injured and all students and teachers were accounted for and safe, authorities said.
Television footage showed students being evacuated from Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, a few miles east of Atlanta, and sitting outside in a field about 1:30 p.m. School buses were taking to their waiting parents and relatives at a nearby Wal-Mart.
According to WSB-TV's website, a woman in the school office called to say a gunman asked her to contact the Atlanta station and police. WSB said during the call, shots were heard in the background.
Numerous police are at the school and SWAT was there for a time. The suspect is a man in his mid-20s and didn't have an obvious connection to the school, DeKalb County schools Superintendent Michael Thurmond told The Associated Press.
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