DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — No be small matter wey happen for Emory University and CDC campuses as shooter dey on the loose. Parents of over 90 pikin dem wey dey for Clifton School, wey be daycare for the CDC campus, no sabi wetin to do. As the news spread, wahala enter das biography of ‘parenting in panic’.
Channel 2 reporter Michael Seiden dey on ground as parents finally meet their children. You for see as dem dey hug tight like dem never see each other for ages! Mama Abby Tighe no fit hide her shock as she dey talk say, “Right now, people dey in shock and just wan collect their pikin.” (E be like say everybody dey practice their Olympic hugging skills.)
As matter dey unfold, Tighe dey prepare to pick her 1-year-old son when she receive emergency alert for her phone. She call the school to confirm if dem don lock down, and that one happen around 5:05 PM. The school don block everywhere to protect the children, while she dey struggle to reach there.
Dem police officers show face as wahala dey unfold, roads block, and things dey scatter. But Tighe dey commend the teachers for their calmness and updates wey dem dey send through texts and calls. “The Clifton school dey excellent. The teachers there dey communicate well, and we dey super happy say our son dey with people wey sabi am and care for am,” she gushed. (That na true MVP kind teachers o!)
As night come, around 10 PM, the bus wey carry the kids finally enter, and just like dat, parents dey carry their babies back into their arms with tears of joy. Pheew! No be small wahala o!
But wait oh, during the jolly jubilation, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation still dey find more details about the shooting incident. They don identify the suspect wey get the title of the day, Patrick Joseph White, 30, from Kennesaw. E don join the list of people wey can no longer make it as a result of the incident.
For one corner of Cobb County, reporter Bryan Mims go meet some neighbors wey dey live around where White dey reside. They dey shocked as dem hear say na him shoot and kill DeKalb County police officer David Rose, wey still dey fresh from the police academy just five months ago. Na wah! E leave behind hin pregnant wife and two children, as well as family wey dey mourn am.
As the story unfold, investigators still dey try figure out if Patrick Joseph White die from self-inflicted wound or if na police gunfire take am down (Na so gun matter dey busy nowadays). We go keep an eye on this story as e dey develop, because na wetin we go fit chalk up for the ‘no be small matter’ write-up.
