Student wounded and young suspect is in custody after shooting at
Georgia high school, police say
[August 13, 2026]
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) — A shooting at a Georgia high school
Wednesday left one student wounded, and a teenage suspect who fled was
later taken into custody, police said.
The shooting at Warner Robins High School involving two ninth-graders
occurred just one week into the new school year and prompted a response
from dozens of law enforcement officers. Warner Robins is about 102
miles (164 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta. |
In this image from video provided by WGXA-TV, a police officer walks
outside Warner Robins High School after a shooting in Warner Robins,
Ga., on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (WGXA-TV via AP) |
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“Today a call that we train for every year happened to come to
Houston County,” Sheriff Matt Moulton said at an evening news
conference.
The injured student was taken to a hospital for treatment of
non-life-threatening injuries. Moulton did not specify the type
of injuries the student had.
It wasn’t immediately known whether the school has metal
detectors in place. Moulton declined to take questions at the
news conference, citing the active investigation.
The sheriff said a group of students was inside a school
bathroom when a verbal altercation between two students
escalated into a physical fight. One student was shot at 2:15
p.m., and the suspect fled. A school resource officer arrived
quickly, applied tourniquets to the student’s injuries and
remained until emergency services personnel arrived.
An hour later, the suspect was caught “without further incident”
in a neighborhood about a half-mile (800 meters) from the
school, Moulton said.
“The school threat protocol and our training was followed
perfectly today," Moulton said. "Fortunately what could have
been a much-worse incident was minimized to us only having one
student injured.”
Houston County Schools Superintendent Richard Rogers said the
school would be closed for students on Thursday and Friday and
for staff on Thursday. Crisis counselors would be available at
the school for staff on Friday and for students on Monday.
“We’re going to focus on healing,” Rogers said.
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