A student has died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after accidentally shooting and injuring a classmate at Atlanta Technical College in the United States.
Atlanta police said the incident happened on Monday when a student’s gun accidentally discharged inside a classroom, hitting another student in the leg.
Investigators said the student carrying the gun then left the classroom and reportedly went to a bathroom, where he died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
According to the police report, officers responded at about 8:45 a.m. and found the injured student alert, conscious and breathing.
An ambulance took the student to hospital. The college said the student was expected to recover.
Police described the shooting as an isolated incident and said they believed there was no continuing threat to the community.
Atlanta Technical College said the campus was secured after the incident and that normal operations had since resumed.
Erizia Rubyjeana
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