Four students were injured Wednesday when someone fired shots from a vehicle as they were leaving an Atlanta high school, the school district said.
Atlanta Public Schools said the students were shot in the campus parking lot outside Benjamin E. Mays High School shortly after leaving school. According to the district, none of the four people suffered life-threatening injuries.
“Atlanta Public Schools Police Department and Atlanta Fire Rescue immediately responded to the situation and all victims were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No other students, faculty or staff were injured. ” the school district said in a statement.
The school district said all school events have been canceled and the shooting remains under investigation. Atlanta police said the school district, which has its own police department, was the lead agency in the case.
The school district said, “The safety of our students and staff is our top priority.”
Authorities did not immediately say which vehicle was used in the shooting.
In May, a 16-year-old was killed in a shooting near his school campus, which the school district described as an “unauthorized assembly of a mob” at around 2:30 a.m. during school holidays. did. School driveway.
