Crime & Safety

Stephenson High Student Shot at School

The boy, who was not seriously injured, appears to have been an innocent bystander.

A junior at Stephenson High School was shot during an altercation on the school grounds Sunday afternoon, police say.

The student appears to have been an innocent bystander who got caught in crossfire during a confrontation involving teenagers who don't attend the school, Fox 5 reported.  

The 17-year-old boy, a football player at the Lithonia school, was taken to hospital where he was treated and later released. 

School officials are looking at the possibility the shooting may have sprung from an incident between another Stephenson footballer and a player from Stone Mountain High School.       . 

There have been no arrests so far and police are investigating.  


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