>>>
>>> I
>>> I AM
>>> I AM SO SAD THAT WE HAVE NO FAITH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT
CAN WE DO TO STOP THIS?
AS A COMMUNITY, AS A PEOPLE,
WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP THIS?4@
>> CHILDREN STRUCK BY A PELLET
GUN AROUND IN THE COUNTY.
ALL OF THESE CHILDREN ARE
EXPECTED TO BE OKAY BUT POLICE
ARE STILL LOOKING FOR WHO DID
THIS.>> THE PARENTS ARE UNABLE
TO FATHOM HOW THIS COULD BE
DONE TO CHILDREN OUTSIDE THEIR
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEY ARE
ANGRY THE SCHOOL DID NOT NOTIFY
THE MORE QUICKLY.
SOME FOUND OUT FOR FRIENDS OR
COWORKERS BEFORE THE SCHOOL GOT
A HOLD OF THEM. 4@
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU
TONIGHT AND THE LATEST FROM THE
HOSPITAL.>> DOUG RICHARDS TALK
TO THE PARENTS 4@OF A
KINDERGARTNER WHO WAS STRUCK
AND HURT.>> Reporter: I ALSO
SPOKE WITH POLICE A LITTLE BIT
BUT POLICE ARE NOT RELEASING A
LOT OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
POLICE DON'T HAVE A DESCRIPTION
OF THE PELLET GUNMEN, THEY HAVE
NO REAL LEAD AS TO WHO HE IS, 4@
AND THEY SEEM TO NOT HAVE MUCH
OF AN IDEA AS TO HOW TO SEARCH
THE AREA FOR HIM.
PARENTS IN PLACE AS YOU SAID
RUST TO TH4@E SCHOOL4@ AFTER
CHILDREN ON THE PLAYGROUND
REPORTED THEY HAD BEEN HURT 4@
INEXPLICABLY.
INEXPLICABLY. THERE WAS LITTLE IF ANY OF THE
SOUND ONE WOULD NORMALLY
ASSOCIATE WITH GUNFIRE.
ONE PARENT TOLD US HIS SIX-YEAR-
OLD WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK BY A
PELLET.
PELLET.
PELLET. HE SHOWED US A PICTURE OF HIS
CHILD ON A GURNEY WITH A
SIZABLE DRESSING ON A PRETTY
SUBSTANTIAL PUNCTURE 4@WOUND.
>> HE GOT HIT IN THE BACK, HE
SAID HE WAS JUST PLAYING AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN HE FELT LIKE HE
GOT HIT IN THE BACK.
I GOT A CALL FROM THE NURSE AND
THEY TOLD ME HE MIGHT HAVE GOT
HIT WITH A ROCKET OR SOMETHING.
IT WAS A PELLET GUN.
I'M GLAD IT WAS NOT A REAL GUN
BECAUSE I COULD HAVE LOST MY
SON TODAY.
SON TODAY. HE WAS INJURED PRETTY WELL BUT
LUCKILY IT BOUNCED OFF HIS RIB
CAGE AND IT RICOCHETED OFF HIS
RIB CAGE.
RIB CAGE.
RIB CAGE. >> Reporter: THERE IS NO
DESCRIPTION OF THE PELLET GUNMEN
AND LITTLE OTHER INFORMATION,
SO POLICE SAID THEY MADE NO
ARRESTS AND DID NOT4@ RELEASE
MUCH ELSE IN THE WAY OF
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. THE FATHER WE TALKED TO4@ WAS
DEFINITELY COUNTING HIS
BLESSINGS THIS EVENING, HIS SON
IS HOME TONIGHT WITH ONLY A
FLESH WOUND4@.
FLESH WOUND4@. >> TOUGH TO SEE THAT YOUNG
CHILD ON A GURNEY WITH THAT
DRESSING ON HIS BACK.
>>> FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT
FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, THE
SCHOOL IS LOCATED SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 78. A WO4@ODED AREA UP
THE PLAYGROUND WITH HOMES
BEHIND THOSE TREES. 4@
AT THIS POINT IT IS UNCLEAR
WHICH DIRECTION THE PELLET CAME
FROM.
FROM.
FROM. IT
FROM. IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE THE PANIC
THESE PARENTS FELT TO FIND OUT
IF THESE CHILDREN WERE OKAY.>>4
WE SPOKE TO PARENTS AS THEY
PICKED UP THE CHILDREN THIS
AFTERNOON.4@
AFTERNOON.4@ THEY ARE GREATLY TROUBLED BY
ALL OF THIS, WHY AND WHO WOULD
DO SUCH A THING AND THEY ARE
NOT HAPPY WITH THE SCHOOL,
EITHER.
EITHER.
EITHER. >> Reporter: THEY ARE NOT.
GOOD EVENING.4@4@
GOOD EVENING.4@4@ THESE PARENTS SAY THEIR FIRST
NOTIFICATION THAT SOMETHING WAS
HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOL CAME
FROM FRIENDS OR RELATIVES OR
SOCIAL MEDIA, NOT FROM THE
ACTUAL SCHOOL.
ACTUAL SCHOOL. NOT KNOWING HOW SERIOUS THE
THREAT WAS OR WHAT ACTUALLY
HAPPENED, THIS PARENTS GOT ON
THE PHONE WITH EACH OTHER
TRYING TO SEE WHO COULD GET HER
THE FASTEST TO MAKE SURE THEIR
STUDENT WAS OKAY.
WE SPOKE WITH SOME OF THOSE
PARENTS AS WELL AS A FIFTH-
GRADER WHO RECALLS WHAT HE
SAW.>> YOU THINK THE WORST,
RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
>> I HAVE 2 KIDS WHO ARE IN PRE-
4@K BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHO IT
WAS JUST FROM GETTING A PHONE
CALL4@.
CALL4@.
CALL4@. IT WASN'T ANYTHING LIFE
THREATENING4@ BUT ANYTHING IN T
FORM OF A GUN IS SOMETHING
SERIOUS SO AT THE SAME TIME IT
IS A 4@SERIOUS SITUATION.
>> I REMEMBER SEEING OUR
TEACHERS RUNNING DOWN THE
HALLWAYS AND SEEING POLICE 4@
OFFICERS 4@RUNNING DOWN 4@THE
HALLWAYS, SEEING THEM FROM THE
WINDOWS COMING IN AND THEY WERE
LAYING ON LITTLE CARTS AND THAT
MADE EVERYONE MORE SCARED.
IT WAS4@ A DARK TIME.
>> SCHOOL OFFICIALS SEND US AN
EMAIL NOTIFYING PARENTS OF WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PARENTS
ARE ON THAT EMAIL CHAIN BUT
ENOUGH OF THEM TOLD US THEY DID
NOT RECEIVE THAT SO WE DON'T
KNOW IF THERE WAS A GLITCH OR A
MIXUP IN COMMUNICATION AND 4@WE
WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE
SCHOOL HAS TO SAY.>> WE WANT TO
GO TO JOE WHERE THE INJURED
STUDENTS WERE TAKEN AFTER THEY
WERE 4@STRUCK WITH THE PELLETS.
>> Reporter: THE CHILDREN'S
HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA HOSPITAL
IS ABOUT 12 MILES FROM THE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LATE THIS
AFTERNOON I TALKED WITH A 4@4@
SPOKESWOMAN FROM THE HOSPITAL
WHO CONFIRMED NINE STUDENTS
WERE BROUGHT, AND ALL HAVE BEEN
CHECKED OUT BY DOCTORS.
ALL NINE OF THEM ARE IN GOOD
CONDITION AND ALL OF THE
STUDENTS WERE REUNITED WITH
THEIR PARENTS THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME HAVE BEEN DISCHA4@RGED AND
WE ARE WAITING TO SEE HOW MANY
ARE STILL IN 4@THE HOSPITAL.
WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN
THE STUDIO.4@4@
THE STUDIO.4@4@ >>> THERE ARE ABOUT 785
STUDENTS ENROLLED IN WINN BROOK
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE CLIMATE RATING IS USED TO
DETERMINE IF THE SCHOOL IS4@ ON
THE RIGHT PATH TO IMPROVEMENT.
WHEN IT CAME TO SAFETY, THE
SCHOOL HAD A PERFECT SCORE OF
100.
100.
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