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demmiblue

(36,858 posts)
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 10:10 AM Mar 2018

Cops: Teacher who fired shot in classroom once tried confess to murder

Source: AJC

A North Georgia social studies teacher, known as the longtime “radio voice” of Dalton High School football and basketball, is facing charges after he fired at least one shot inside a classroom Wednesday, and he once tried to confess to having someone killed, police said.

The alleged confession was one of two previous incidents involving Randal Davidson and local police.

Dalton police could not verify any of the information Davidson said on March 21, 2016, about having two friends kill someone on his behalf. Police ultimately took him to Hamilton Medical Center because he was having suicidal thoughts, according to a police report. The school was made aware of the incident, police said.

Then, in January 2017, Davidson disappeared from the high school campus after saying he didn’t feel well and leaving early. He was found hours later sitting on a curb about a mile away, unable or unwilling to respond to police, according to the report. He was again taken to the hospital and no further action was taken by officers.


More: https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/breaking-teacher-custody-after-shot-fired-school/Yszy9v7Z9Vy86bTp9ygdWJ/


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Cops: Teacher who fired shot in classroom once tried confess to murder (Original Post) demmiblue Mar 2018 OP
WTF is this guy still doing at the school? dewsgirl Mar 2018 #1
In GA this is normal?? Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #2
+1 dewsgirl Mar 2018 #3
What is he doing owning a gun? CanonRay Mar 2018 #4
This, how the heck do these people pass background checks Amishman Mar 2018 #6
Failure of police and justice system again -- guess he wasn't charged. FarCenter Mar 2018 #7
Nothing to see here. Attack Delta instead. Sneederbunk Mar 2018 #5
So, he's another mentally ill person with a loaded gun in a school. sinkingfeeling Mar 2018 #8

Amishman

(5,557 posts)
6. This, how the heck do these people pass background checks
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 11:43 AM
Mar 2018

And in this case, not just for the gun but also the one for the teaching position

 

FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
7. Failure of police and justice system again -- guess he wasn't charged.
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 12:01 PM
Mar 2018

2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
CHAPTER 10 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE 2 - OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND RELATED OFFENSES
§ 16-10-26 - False report of a crime
O.C.G.A. 16-10-26 (2010)
16-10-26. False report of a crime


A person who willfully and knowingly gives or causes a false report of a crime to be given to any law enforcement officer or agency of this state is guilty of a misdemeanor.

https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2010/title-16/chapter-10/article-2/16-10-26

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