At least two people were killed and four were injured today in a shooting at a high school in the US state of Georgia in the vicinity of Atlanta, Reuters reported, citing MSNBC television, BTA writes.
Live television footage shows several ambulances outside Appalachian High School. in Winder, Georgia.
CNN television said its correspondent saw a patient being loaded onto a medical helicopter that had landed at the school.
"At approximately 10:23 a.m. (local time), officers from various police departments, as well as firefighters and medical personnel, were dispatched to the high school in response to reports of an active shooter," the Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Barrow County. "This is a developing situation,", it added.
A Barrow County Education Authority spokesman said the school was "secured by law enforcement and students are currently being evacuated from the building.
A statement from the Barrow County Sheriff's Office says one suspect has been taken into custody.