Casualties reported after Georgia high school shooting | Special Report

>> OUR CBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT BEGINS RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS A CBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. COMING ON THE AIR WITH BREAKING NEWS WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL SHOOTING. THIS TIME ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTA IN BARROW COUNTY, GEORGIA. A LOCAL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS A SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY AND THERE ARE REPORTS OF CASUALTIES. THE SHOOTING OCCURRED AT AROUND 10:23 A.M. AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL WHICH HAS ABOUT 1900 STUDENTS. IT IS A BIG HIGH SCHOOL. PARENTS ARE NOW ALLOWED TO GO TO THE CAMPUS TO PICK UP THEIR STUDENTS. GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT HE WAS DIRECTING ALL AVAILABLE STATE RESOURCES TO RESPOND TO THE INCIDENT. THE FBI ATLANTA OFFICE SAYS THEY HAVE AGENTS ON THE SCENE TO HELP COORDINATE AND SUPPORT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. JARED EGGLESTON IS ON THE SCENE IN GEORGIA AND JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST. JARED, TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN HAPPEN THIS MORNING. >> Reporter: GOOD AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW IT IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE AND CHAOTIC SCENE. EVEN ANOTHER LIFE FLIGHT HELICOPTER LANDED ON THE PROPERTY OF THE SCHOOL THAT YOU CAN SEE JUST OVER MY SHOULDER. PARENTS SWARMED HERE AND AS I GOT HERE THERE WERE ABOUT CARS AND EVERY AREA ABOUT A MILE RADIUS, PARENTS RUSHED TO THE SCHOOL TO BE REUNITED WITH THEIR STUDENTS. I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH SOME OF THE PARENTS AND A LOT OF THEM ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE RETURN OF THEIR STUDENTS. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THE SCHOOL IS WORKING ON REUNIFYING THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS. >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW MANY AMBULANCES WERE ON THE SCENE AND HOW MANY OF THOSE LIFE FLIGHT HELICOPTERS HAVE YOU SEEN? >> Reporter: I'VE SEEN AT LEAST TWO CIRCLING THE SCHOOL AND ONE OF THEM LANDED. I WOULD SAY AT LEAST 30 TO 50 AMBULANCES ARE HERE ON THE SCENE AND ARE STILL HERE AND SOME OF THEM HAVE STARTED TO LEAVE AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING. THERE ARE A LOT OF AMBULANCES AND A LOT OF POLICE RESPONSES AS WELL. AS I WAS COMING HERE THERE WAS ONE HIGHWAY THAT WILL GET YOU TO THE SCHOOL AND THERE WERE CONSTANTLY MORE FIRST RESPONDERS, AMBULANCES AND POLICE COMING TO THE SCHOOL TO ASSIST. >> DESCRIBE THE AREA FOR US. >> Reporter: THIS IS A RURAL AREA OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA. IT IS BETWEEN ATLANTA AND ATHENS WHERE THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA IS. IT IS A GROWING COMMUNITY AROUND ATLANTA, ONE OF THE BIGGER AREAS WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT IN THE SUBURBS. IT IS RURAL BUT IT IS STILL A VERY BIG SUBURB OF ATLANTA AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGER HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY. >> HOW LONG HAVE PARENTS BEEN ABLE TO COME TO SPEAK -- PICK UP THEIR STUDENTS WENT TO THE LOCK TENANT? >> IT ENDED ABOUT HALF AN HOUR TO 45 MINUTES AGO. WHEN I GOT ON THE SCENE SCHOOL DISTRICT MADE A RELEASE SAYING IN INCIDENT DID HAPPEN AND THAT PARENTS WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO BE REUNIFIED WITH THEIR STUDENTS. AS I'VE BEEN STANDING HERE THE POLICE KEEP DIRECTING FAMILIES TOWARD THAT SCENE WHERE THEY WANT EVERYONE TO KIND OF A MEAT. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE, AS YOU KNOW, ARE JUST SO NERVOUS ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND THAT HAS LED TO SOME OF THE CHAOS WE ARE STILL SEEING HERE. >> JARED EGGLESTON, ON THE SCENE, THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION, JUST TO REPEAT, ONE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AND THERE ARE CASUALTIES. AND AS JARRAD DESCRIBED, DOZENS OF AMBULANCES WERE ON THE SCENE INCLUDING HELICOPTERS TO HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE CASUALTIES. WE WANT TO BRING IN OUR CBS NEWS LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERT, RODNEY HARRISON, HE IS A FORMER POLICE COMMISSIONER FROM THE NEW YORK CITY AREA. AND NOW THAT THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY, WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT? >> WE HAVE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT OUR SUBJECT AND IDENTIFY, IS HE A LONE WOLF, IS HE INVOLVED WITH SOMEBODY ELSE? WAS HE PUT UP TO THIS? WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER LOCAL SCHOOLS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE EVACUATED AS WELL. WE HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE, WHAT CAUSES INDIVIDUAL TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS ACTIVE SHOOTER AND THIS HORRIBLE INCIDENT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SURROUNDING SCHOOLS ARE SAFE GOING FORWARD. THAT IS IMPORTANT REGARDING GETTING KIDS OUT OF THE SCHOOLS, EVACUATING THE SCHOOLS AND GETTING THEM HOME SAFELY TO THEIR FAMILIES. >> THIS HAS BECOME ALL TOO COMMON IN AMERICA, THESE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS. WHAT IS THE PROFILE OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER LIKE THIS? >> IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THESE SCHOOL SHOOTERS COME IN DIFFERENT FORMS AND FASHIONS, DIFFERENT SIZES AND SHAPES. IT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM SOMEONE BEING BULLIED AT SCHOOL TO SOMEBODY THAT JUST WANTS TO USE THIS AS A PLATFORM TO GET A MESSAGE ACROSS. THERE IS NO COOKIE-CUTTER WAY OF LOOKING AT ANYBODY IN THIS ACT OF VIOLENCE BUT I WILL SAY THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THINGS IN PLACE BECAUSE THESE INCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING TOO OFTEN. >> OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST TO UPDATE, ONE SUSPECT IN CUSTODY AFTER AUTHORITIES RECEIVED A REPORT OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTING AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTA. THE SCHOOL WENT INTO LOCKDOWN. A NUMBER OF AMBULANCES AND HELICOPTERS ON SCENE TO TRANSPORT CASUALTIES TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. AT THIS HOUR ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S OFFICE, PARENTS ARE ALLOWED TO COME PICK UP THEIR KIDS. OUR COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE ON CBS NEWS 24/7 AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A FULL WRAP UP ON THE CBS