A Georgia county's emergency call center was overwhelmed by calls on Sept. 4 about a school shooting at Apalachee High School , records released Friday by Barrow County show.
Local news organizations report many of the 911 phone calls were not released under public record requests because state law exempts from release calls recording the voice of someone younger than 18 years old. That exemption would cover calls from most of the 1,900 students at the school in Winder, northeast of Atlanta.
Calls spiked around 10:20 a.m. , when authorities have said that 14-year-old Colt Gray began shooting . Many calls were answered with automated message saying there was a "high call volume," WAGA-TV reported .
One man called 911 after receiving text messages from a girlfriend. He was put on hold for just over 10 minutes because of an influx of calls at the time of the shooting, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
"She hears people yelling outside, so I don't know if that's officers in the building or that's - I don't know," he said, adding that she was eventually evacuated out of the school.
