Bullet Hits Waccamaw School; Police Think Aim Was Unintentional
Posted on: Saturday, 11 February 2006, 12:00 CST
By Tonya Root, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Feb. 11--Waccamaw Elementary School students spent Friday afternoon in lockdown in the school after a stray bullet pierced a school window, police said.
Georgetown County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Neil Johnson said police do not think the shooting was intentional toward the school, but investigators were checking all angles in the incident.
"We're 99 percent sure it was nothing intentional toward the school," Johnson said. "One of the reasons we're sure it was not intentional was where the bullet went in the window."
Johnson said he was told the window was in an alley near the gymnasium, which was pointed away from classrooms.
School officials could not be reached for comment Friday.
Parents were concerned for their children's safety after picking them up from school and learning of the incident.
Kim Baxley, whose son is in fourth grade at the school, said the incident was terrible.
"It just sounded surreal, and I'm just concerned for their safety," Baxley said.
According to a police report, officials called the police at 1:22 p.m. after a "thumping sound was heard on the glass facing north" during classes in Room 208, where a spent bullet had partially shattered the window and was lodged between the double-pane windows. The class was evacuated and the school was placed on lockdown, the report showed.
School officials told police they think eight to nine shots were fired from a wooded area at the rear of the school, but no one was found in the area. The bullet was taken for processing, and no injuries were reported.
Contact TONYA ROOT at troot@thesunnews.com [mailto:troot@thesunnews.com] or 248-2149.
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