Clayton County police are looking for a man who witnesses said pointed a rifle at a school bus near Hampton Monday morning.
The incident happened about 7 a.m. off Paladin Drive,
Clayton County police spokesman Phong Nguyen said.
Nguyen said the witness told officers that he saw a man "crouched down in the backyard of a residence and pointing what appeared to be a rifle at a passing school bus."
The witness yelled at the man, "which caused the subject to drop the rifle and flee on foot from the location," Nguyen said, adding that a rifle was recovered.
Douglas Hendrix, chief human resource officer for
Clayton County Schools, said another witness pursued the man, but stopped when the man began firing another weapon at him.
“The school district and law enforcement are taking every precaution to make sure students are safe,” Hendrix said.
Nguyen asked that anyone with information on the incident call investigators at 770-477-3648.
Clayton County police looking for man who pointed rifle at school bus
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