Four Atlanta high school students were shot Wednesday when a gunman opened fire from a vehicle in the parking lot of Benjamin E. Mays High School shortly after school let out, Atlanta Public Schools said in a statement.
All victims were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the statement said, adding that all after-school activities were cancelled.
A woman was detained in connection with the incident, WSB reported, citing police.
The incident in Atlanta comes on the same day as a shooting outside the historic train station in Kansas City to celebrate the Chiefs' Super Bowl victory, killing one person and injuring up to 15, according to police.
The two incidents occur on the sixth anniversary of one of the most famous school shootings in recent U.S. history, when 17 people were killed and 17 others were injured at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, 2018. The shooter, a former student at the school who was 19 at the time, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison.
To date, there have been 48 mass shootings in the United States in 2024, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which uses the standard of four or more people shot or killed, not counting the shooter.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta)
Source: CNN Brasil
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