Georgia police respond to shots fired at a high school; teacher who may have been barricaded in a classroom is in custody

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Dalton High School in Georgia.

• Georgia police said Wednesday that they took a teacher into custody after reports of shots fired at a high school.
• No children were injured, police said.

Georgia police said Wednesday they responded to reports of shots fired at a high school, and took a teacher into custody who may have been barricaded in a classroom.

The Dalton Police Department said on Twitter that no children were injured or in danger.

They tweeted that there was a "barricaded subject in a classroom" believed to be a teacher, and later added that the teacher was in custody.

Dalton High School is locked down and the school was evacuated, police said.