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Georgia School Evacuated After Teacher Barricaded Himself In Classroom And Fired Gun

No students were in the classroom when the teacher fired the weapon, and despite a chaotic lockdown, the only injury was a student who hurt her ankle running away.

A well-liked social studies teacher barricaded himself in a classroom and fired a handgun at Dalton High School, which plunged students and faculty into a lockdown and subsequent evacuation, according to the AP.

No students were in the classroom. The only injury was to a student who hurt her anklethe police in Dalton, which is about 90 miles north of Atlanta.

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