Where is Apalachee High School?
Where is Apalachee High School?
A shooting occurred Wednesday at the high school in Georgia.
BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — A school shooting occurred Wednesday morning at Apalachee High School, with the sheriff’s office confirming casualties and NBC News reporting at least two deaths.
Details were still coming in Wednesday afternoon, and much is still unknown about what happened.
Here’s what we know about the school:
Where is Apalachee High School? Barrow County, Georgia
The school is located on Haymon Morris Road just outside Winder city limits in Barrow County, Georgia.
This area is close to the surrounding community of Bethlehem, and more broadly it is east of Athens, Georgia, where the University of Georgia is located.
It is about an hour drive northeast of Midtown Atlanta.
You can see a map below showing where Apalachee High School is relative to Atlanta.
What do we know about the shooting?
Full details are still limited. NBC News reported at least two were killed and four were injured. Law enforcement was called to the scene a little before 10:30 a.m.
The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said one suspect is in custody.
“At the time of this release, one suspect is in custody. Casualties have been reported, however details on the number or their conditions is not available at this time,” a sheriff’s office release stated. “This is an ongoing situation.”
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