{"id":7984,"date":"2018-02-28T13:23:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T20:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=7984"},"modified":"2018-02-28T23:58:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T06:58:43","slug":"an-armed-teacher-fires-a-gun-in-a-school-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/an-armed-teacher-fires-a-gun-in-a-school-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"An armed teacher fires a gun in a school in Georgia USA, police says"},"content":{"rendered":"

An armed teacher reportedly fired a gun in a school in Dalton, Georgia, police says. No students have been hurt. Police have the teacher in custody, who was barricaded inside a classroom.<\/p>\n

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A teacher at a high school in Dalton, Ga., was arrested on Wednesday after he barricaded himself in his classroom and fired at least one gunshot through a window, the police said.<\/p>\n

Bruce Frazier, the spokesman for the Dalton Police Department, said that no students were hit and that he was aware of only one injury: A student hurt her ankle while running through the halls.<\/p>\n

The police\u00a0identified the teacher<\/a>\u00a0as Jesse Randall Davidson, 53. They said that he appeared to have locked the door to his classroom at Dalton High School and was alone there when students tried to enter shortly before noon. The principal, Steve Bartoo, was called to the classroom and said he used a key to open the door.<\/p>\n

\u201cI attempted to enter the classroom and he slammed the door,\u201d Mr. Bartoo said at\u00a0a news conference<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday afternoon, adding that Mr. Davidson told him to go away. \u201cHe had some nonsensical noises that were made as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

After that, Mr. Frazier said: \u201cMr. Davidson apparently fired a shot from a handgun through an exterior window of the classroom. It did not appear that it was aimed at anybody. Obviously it broke out the window, and at that point the school went into lockdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

A junior at the high school, Wesley Caceres, 16, said in a phone interview that he heard about the \u201ccode red\u201d lockdown over the intercom. On his way to take shelter in a classroom, Wesley filmed a video of students running frantically through the hallways<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cOur teachers started getting terrified, and we got terrified,\u201d Wesley said, adding that he called his mother to tell her he loved her.<\/p>\n

Mr. Davidson stayed in his classroom for at least a half-hour before being taken into police custody without incident, Mr. Frazier said. Wesley and other students were eventually evacuated to a nearby convention center.<\/p>\n

Mr. Davidson was being held at the Whitfield County Jail, Cliff Cason, assistant police chief, said at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon. Later, the police said, Mr. Davidson was charged with several counts including: aggravated assault; carrying weapon on school grounds; terroristic threats; and reckless conduct.<\/p>\n