Georgia: Gunman Fires Shots at McNair Elementary School, SWAT Team on Scene

Georgia: Gunman Fires Shots at McNair Elementary School, SWAT Team on Scene
Zachary Stieber
8/20/2013
Updated:
6/24/2015

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.

Story developing; check back for updated.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.