School Shooting Narrowly Averted in Dalton, Georgia


Last Wednesday a student at Dalton (GA) High School found an ominous note on the floor of a classroom mentioning an unspecified threat against the school on Thursday. The students recorded this video (via the Dalton High School Facebook page).

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School officials took the threat seriously and planned for additional security tomorrow…but tomorrow turned out to be today.

Dalton Police officers have taken into custody a teacher who allegedly barricaded himself in a classroom and fired a handgun in a classroom at Dalton High School.

Jesse Randal Davidson has been charged with aggravated assault, carrying a weapon on school grounds, terroristic threats, reckless conduct, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and disrupting a public school.

Police say Davidson brought the gun he used, a snub-nosed .38 revolver, onto campus in his computer case when he arrived this morning. He has not disclosed his motives to investigators.

Davidson, a social studies teacher who has been at the school since 2004, was alone in his room during his planning period, according to police. Around 11:30 a.m. a student tried to get inside and found the door was locked. A principal then tried to open it with a key, which is when Davidson fired through a window.

Police arrived. Davidson was taken into custody. No one was harmed.

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His action seems indicative of mental illness of some kind but his supervisors and colleagues could offer no explanation. (His complete profile here.) And as sure as night follows day:

Not sure I agree with the logic but I expect we will be hearing much more of it in the next week or so.

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