A teen-age student fired into a classroom and killed a teacher Wednesday at a school for troubled children.
The bell had just rung for the first period at DeKalb Alternative School when the student stood in the hallway and shot Horace P. Morgan five times, said Lequentin Walker, a 14-year-old student who witnessed the shooting from a classroom across the hall.Morgan, 49, was dead on arrival at DeKalb Medical Center.
The shooter tried to run away but was stopped by school officials, Walker said. Mary Stimmel, a spokes-woman for the DeKalb County school district, said he was taken into custody by police. She declined to release his name and age.
Walker said students ran out of the school when they heard the shots.
"I looked out my window and saw a crowd of children rushing out of the school," said Louise Reese, who lives across the street.
The students were later sent home for the day.