Student wounded and young suspect is in custody after shooting at Georgia high school, police say

student wounded and young suspect is in custody after shooting at Georgia high school, police say 1 of 3 | Students leave Warner Robins High School as Houston County Sheriff vehicles remain on the scene after a shooting at the school Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Warner Robins, Ga. (Joe Kovac/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) 2 of 3 | Law enforcement responds to a school shooting at Warner Robins High School, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Warner Robins, Ga. (Joe Kovac/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) 3 of 3 | 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) 1 of 3 | Students leave Warner Robins High School as Houston County Sheriff vehicles remain on the scene after a shooting at the school Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Warner Robins, Ga. (Joe Kovac/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) 1 of 3 Students leave Warner Robins High School as Houston County Sheriff vehicles remain on the scene after a shooting at the school Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Warner Robins, Ga. (Joe Kovac/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 2 of 3 | Law enforcement responds to a school shooting at Warner Robins High School, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Warner Robins, Ga. (Joe Kovac/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) 2 of 3 Law enforcement responds to a school shooting at Warner Robins High School, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, in Warner Robins, Ga. (Joe Kovac/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 3 of 3 | 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) 3 of 3 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) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] 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.“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. 3 MIN READ 2 MIN READ “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.