Gunfire Reported At High School In US’s Georgia, Lockdown Imposed: Police

Washington: 

A high school in US’s Georgia is in the midst of an active shooting incident. Police and medics have been rushed to the school and the neighbourhood has been put under a lockdown.

Students have been evacuated from the scene of the shooting and one suspect has been taken into custody.

Local news reports suggest that there are casualties and one person has been evacuated in an air ambulance.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation or GBI said it is responding to a “shooting” at the high school.

The Apalachee High School in Barrow County, Georgia, sent out a message to parents saying it was “currently in a hard lockdown after reports of gunfire,” according to US media.

The school is located in the town of Winder, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) northeast of Atlanta, the state capital.