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Updated: 2:20 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 | Posted: 9:06 a.m. Friday, Aug. 24, 2012

Student attempts suicide on campus; Banks Co. H.S. on lockdown

Banks County High School
Banks County High School

By Jon Lewis

Homer, GA —

The Banks County Sheriff’s Office reports a student used a gun to attempt a suicide at Bank County High School Friday just before 9 a.m.

According to a school spokesman, Daniel Tatum of Lula was airlifted to Grady hospital.  No other injuries have been reported.

The school was on lockdown until 11 a.m.