Parent of child in nearby school says she dropped everything when she heard about shooting

Parents of students who attend Apalachee High School and nearby schools in the area are waiting to be told what happens next after many rushed to the site of the shooting to make sure their children were safe, a CNN correspondent on the ground said.

One parent told CNN’s Isabel Rosales that she was at work when she got a text that there was an active shooting at the high school.

She said her child was at the elementary school next door. All schools in the district were placed on lockdown when the incident happened.

The parent told CNN that she dropped everything and drove to the area, where she had to park her car down the street and walk to make sure her child was OK. 

Rosales reports that there is one street that has schools on either side of the road. Many parents are parked along that road, waiting to hear more information from officials. Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said during a news conference earlier that authorities are now in the process of reunifying parents and students.