(ALERT) ATLANTA AREA SCHOOL SHOOTING SUSPECT TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AS SHOTS WERE EXCHANGED

RONALD E. MCNAIR DISCOVERY LEARNING ACADEMY

A suspect was taken into custody Tuesday moments after police responded to a call of shots being fired at an Atlanta-area school, DeKalk County schools officials said.
A SWAT team rushed to the scene at Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, but schools spokesperson Quinn Hudson said no injuries were reported. The suspect issued undisclosed demands, Hudson said.

Acting schools Superintendent Michael Thurmond said the suspect had fired at least one shot, and that gunfire was returned by officers. Skycam images show students running from the rear of building, and police with weapons drawn outside.

Hudson said all of the students have been accounted for. Once reports of the suspect came in, the students evacuated into a field behind the school. Hudson said students then were taken to a nearby Walmart to be reunited with their parents.

The school, an elementary charter school in the Candler-McAfee area of DeKalb County, opened five years ago and has an enrollment of 870, according to the school website.