SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. — A student has been taken to the hospital after a single gunshot was fired inside a Christian school in Spalding County on Wednesday afternoon.
Spalding County Sheriff Darrell Dix says deputies responded to a shot being fired in the restroom at Skipstone Academy on Baptist Camp Road.
When they went into the restroom, they found a student and a firearm inside.
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The sheriff says the student may have intended to take his own life, but did not.
He was taken to the hospital for evaluation.
No students were injured.
Classes at Skipstone Academy have been cancelled for the rest of the week.
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Last week, a 9-year-old student at Meadowcreek Elementary School in Gwinnett County brought a 9-millimeter handgun to school and fired it at a toilet in one of the school’s restrooms.
The child’s mother, Deevashea Webb, has been charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct for allegedly failing to secure the firearm properly.
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