911 calls overwhelmed operators after shooting at Georgia’s Apalachee High School

WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia county’s emergency call center was overwhelmed by calls on Sept. 4 about a school shooting at Apalachee High School, records released Friday by Barrow County show. That exemption would cover calls from most of the 1,900 students at the school in Winder, northeast of Atlanta. Calls spiked around 10:20 a.m., when authorities have said that 14-year-old Colt Gray began shooting. Many calls were answered with automated message saying there was a “high call volume,” WAGA-TV reported. “She hears people yelling outside, so I don’t know if that’s officers in the building or that’s — I don’t know,” he said, adding that she was eventually evacuated out of the school. Somebody go ‘boom, boom, boom, boom,’ ” one mother said. The 911 operator responded: “Ma’am we have officers out there, OK?” Parents of students at an elementary school and middle school neighboring Apalachee also flooded 911 seeking information. “Sir, my daughter goes to school next door to Apalachee. “We do have an active situation (at) Apalachee High School right now,” the operator responded. “Active shooter!” an officer yells in one audio clip while speaking with a dispatcher, CNN reported. We have an active shooter at Apalachee High School.” The shooting killed teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, as well as students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14. The 13,000 students at Barrow County’s other schools returned to class Tuesday. The 1,900 students who attend Apalachee are supposed to start returning the week of Sept. 23, officials said Friday. – This Summarize was created by Neural News AI (V1). Source: https://apnews.com/49ca117ff4d4fe4576843fed1e0a907b