Five people were killed and five others critically injured in a mass shooting at a Lawrenceville high school before the teenage gunman surrendered.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.— A quiet suburban community was thrust into unimaginable horror on Monday morning after a heavily armed gunman opened fire inside a local high school,killing at least five people and critically injuring five others before surrendering to law enforcement.
The catastrophic active-shooter incident,which erupted during a busy mid-morning class rotation, triggered a massive multi-agency tactical deployment, paralyzed the surrounding municipality, and plunged Gwinnett County into profound mourning.
The attack unfolded at approximately 10:15 a.m. EST, sparking instant pandemonium as hundreds of teenage students and faculty members barricaded themselves behind locked classroom doors, turned off lights, and sheltered in silence. Simultaneously, regional law enforcement units converged on the campus to locate and neutralize the threat.