{"id":49924,"date":"2025-01-15T19:32:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T00:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=49924"},"modified":"2025-01-15T19:32:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T00:32:23","slug":"georgia-middle-school-student-critically-injured-in-self-inflicted-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/georgia-middle-school-student-critically-injured-in-self-inflicted-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia middle school student critically injured in self-inflicted shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A student is in critical condition after a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Georgia middle school, according to officials. The incident prompted a school lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers responded to the Lindley Middle School in Mableton on Wednesday following reports of a shooting, said Cobb County Public Information Officer S.A. Barner. Police found one victim, and the school was placed on lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This afternoon, a student at Lindley Middle School tragically used a firearm to commit self-harm, prompting a Code Red,&#8221; the school district said in a statement. &#8220;School administrators, along with a Cobb County School District police officer, responded immediately and secured the weapon.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lockdown was lifted after police confirmed there was no specific threat to other students. &#8220;The student is in critical condition, surrounded by their family and loved ones, and our thoughts are with them,&#8221; the statement added. According to WAGA, the student has been airlifted to Children&#8217;s Healthcare of Atlanta for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My initial thought is that a self-inflicted gunshot just indicates something else going on emotionally with the student, and that just kind of emphasizes why we need to be focusing on mental health with our students,&#8221; Cobb Board of Education Chair David Chastain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdjonline.com\/news\/education\/cobb-student-in-critical-condition-from-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound\/article_044ba8a0-d398-11ef-b04e-0712a6cce698.html\">told<\/a> the Marietta Daily Journal. &#8220;Parents need to hold their kids close.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A student is in critical condition after a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Georgia middle school, according to officials. The incident prompted a school lockdown. 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