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Georgia teacher in custody after report of shots at school

Dalton, Ga. • Police officers responded to reports of shots fired inside a Georgia high school on Wednesday, and a teacher who was apparently barricaded in a classroom was taken into custody, authorities said.

Police in Dalton tweeted that no children were ever in danger. A student apparently suffered an ankle injury running inside the school as the building was evacuated.

The incident happened two weeks after a Florida school shooting left 17 students and faculty dead, put the country on edge and ignited a new debate over gun control in America.

Dalton police spokesman Bruce Frazier told The Associated Press that the scene at the school was secure.