Metro Atlanta schools to see increase security after Texas elementary school shooting

ATLANTA – Many faculty districts will likely be rising safety beginning Wednesday morning after the deadliest taking pictures at a U.S. grade faculty since a gunmen killed 20 youngsters and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, virtually a decade in the past.

An 18-year-old gunman opened fireplace Tuesday at a Texas elementary faculty, killing at the least 18 youngsters as he went from classroom to classroom, officers stated, within the newest grotesque second for a rustic scarred by a string of massacres. The assailant was killed by regulation enforcement.

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The dying toll at Robb Elementary College additionally included three adults, in line with state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who stated he had been briefed by state police. But it surely was not instantly clear whether or not that quantity included the attacker.

In Gwinnett County, the police division stated will probably be helping the GCPS College Police Division to conduct additional patrols and supply a extremely seen presence in any respect faculties within the county.

“Whereas there are not any identified threats to any faculty in Gwinnett, our officers will likely be available for the security and luxury of our residents,” reads a press release launched by the Gwinnett County Police Division on Tuesday night.

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The district is the most important in Georgia and the thirteenth largest within the nation. It has slightly below 200,000 college students.

“The Gwinnett Police Division wish to provide our deepest sympathy and condolences to the households and family members of the victims within the taking pictures immediately at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas,” the police division wrote.

The Fulton County College District echoed related emotions.

“For the households at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, we ship our ideas and love.  Despite the fact that your faculty could also be removed from ours, a mindless act similar to this impacts us all. For our Fulton households, within the remaining two days of the varsity yr the Fulton County Police Division, Campus Safety Associates, and directors will likely be vigilant and conscious of the security issues our group may have within the wake of this tragedy,” a press release launched by Georgia’s fourth-largest faculty district.

Offciails urge anybody who wish to speak in regards to the tragedy to achieve out to a college directors, academics, or trusted adults.

“As we shut the varsity yr and head into summer time with the complicated feelings this tragedy will create, please bear in mind to achieve out to one another to supply help and care,” the assertion concludes.

A motive behind the lethal mass taking pictures on the Texas elementary faculty has not but been revealed.