A gunman firing shots at McNair Elementary School in Dekalb County in Georgia on August 20 has been captured and is in custody. No one was injured.
Sources told WSB-TV that the gunman is a white male in his 20s, and he had a AK-47 and was dress in all black and surrendered peacefully.
Michael Thurmond, superintendent of the county schools, said school officials did a head count to ensure all students at Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy are safe Tuesday. All are accounted for.
Parents are seen on live television reports arriving at a nearby Wal-Mart to pick up their children, who were evacuated from the school.
Multiple people reported gunshots, including a WBS assignment editor who heard shots while she was on the phone with someone at the office at the school.
The school is on 2nd Avenue in Decatur.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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