School shooting in Georgia halts a football game, causing panic and commotion in Atlanta. The shooting occurred in the parking lot of a Mays High School on Friday night during the school's game with long time rivals Carver High School.
The Friday night gunfire during the football game comes hot on the heels of another school shooting in Georgia. The first shooting happened at an Atlanta area high school game. Kristofer Hunter, a 17 year old at McClarin High was gunned down on the parking lot outside Langston Hughes just after a game. One of the killers already turned himself in.
In the recent act of gun violence in a Georgia high school, 17 year old Mays High School student Eugene Brantley was charged with the carrying of a concealed weapon, obstruction, carrying a weapon to school property and reckless obstruction.
The Mays High school shooting in Georgia occurred at the parking lot of the Lakewood stadium. A dispute had occurred pitting two groups of students against each other. The students were armed with guns, as per the account of one police officer on the scene. Shots were fired during the dispute, sending the whole stadium into a stampede.
"The first two went off and everyone stopped and started looking around thinking there can't be gunshots. After the next five, six, seven, all the players started running, all the coaches started running, all the officials jumped down to the ground, the cheerleaders didn't know where to go," recalls eye witness Jonathan Gooch.
Mays High was leading the game 27-14 at the time. The game has since been postponed.
Police officers at the scene were able to calm the situation before more harm was done. A police officer shot a suspect on the arm to disarm him. The suspect was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital. The injuries were non life threatening. The police also recovered three guns at the scene of the shooting. Investigations are being conducted to get to the bottom of the Mays - Carver school shooting in Georgia.
