School Shooting
On December 12, 2008 at approximately 8:10 PM, a William Floyd High School student, James Childress, was injured by a gunshot wound to the leg outside the school following a basketball game at William Floyd High School. Bystanders helped the student into the building to receive medical attention at which point emergency responders were called to the scene. The student was brought Brookhaven Memorial Hospital. The injuries were not life threatening. The shooting was committed by an adult that attended the game, not a student. Students were kept in the school under lockdown until police investigated and released them.
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