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State representative reports 12-year-old critically injured after gunshot at Lindley Middle School in Mableton
Summary
Representative Cummings said during afternoon orders that a 12-year-old girl shot herself in a girls' restroom at Lindley Middle School in Mableton. The child was taken to Cobb Hospital and later to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, where she remained in critical condition at the time of the remarks. Law enforcement and school officers responded,
Representative Cummings reported during afternoon orders that a 12-year-old girl was critically injured after a self-inflicted gunshot at Lindley Middle School in Mableton and asked colleagues for ongoing prayers for the child and her family.
Cummings said the incident occurred in a girls’ restroom at the school and that the child was taken first to Cobb Hospital and was then at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in critical condition. He said school officers and Cobb police responded “between 60–90 seconds” of the event. Investigators, Cummings said, do not yet know where the weapon came from or how it entered the school.
Nut graf: The remarks were made as an afternoon order to inform the chamber; no formal action or vote followed in the transcript. The representative asked the House for a moment of silence and ongoing prayers for the student and family.
Ending: The House proceeded with its afternoon orders and other business; the transcript contains no subsequent official updates or actions related to the incident.
