Originally published on August 21, 2013
A 19-year-old gunman armed with an AK47 and assorted other weapons has been arrested near Atlanta, Georgia after breaking in to an elementary school and staging a school shooting.
Reuters reported that: "Police arrested a 19-year-old man on Tuesday for opening fire with an AK-47 inside an elementary school in the Atlanta suburbs, forcing the evacuation of 800 students who were all reunited with their parents without injury, officials said.
"Authorities have not identified the suspect, but believe he gained access to the school in Decatur, Georgia, by slipping in behind someone who had access to the building's locked doors, said DeKalb County Police Department spokeswoman Mekka Parish.
"After the gunman made his way into the school, an office worker called an Atlanta television station, and said the suspect was demanding to talk to the station. She said the gunman wanted the station to send a crew to "start filming as police died," the station reported.
"When police officers arrived at the school, the suspect started shooting at them and the officers returned fire, said DeKalb County Police Chief Cedric Alexander.
"Television footage showed students being evacuated from the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy and crowding in a field behind the building before they were taken to a nearby Walmart store parking lot.
"The school has an enrollment of more than 800 students from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade, according to the website of the DeKalb County school system," reported Reuters.
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