On Wednesday, Dalton police officers took a social studies teacher into custody after the latter fired shots in Georgia’s Dalton High School, reports TIME.
An Overview of Shots Fired at Dalton High School
None of the Dalton High School students sustained injuries during from the foregoing shooting. Jesse Randal Davidson, the 53-year-old social studies teacher, fired a perceived “warning shot” after locking himself inside his classroom.
Following the shooting, the students and staff evacuated Dalton High School accordingly. Authorities also took Davidson into custody and are still working to find out what motivated him to open fire in the school.
Thankfully, the teacher did not harm anyone, although one student is said to have sprained her ankle in the commotion to exit the building. Nevertheless, students of Dalton High School have taken to Twitter to share their accounts of the aforementioned incident:
@nra my favorite teacher at Dalton high school just blockaded his door and proceeded to shoot. We had to run out The back of the school in the rain. Students were being trampled and screaming. I dare you to tell me arming teachers will make us safe.
— Chondi🌙 (@_omg_chondi_) February 28, 2018
I’m a Dalton High School student. Please don’t tell me a damn thing about arming teachers. Please don’t tell me that I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about.
— hillary (@idkhillary) February 28, 2018
