A 60-year-old student at Atlanta Technical College, identified as Donald Silva, died Monday after his firearm accidentally discharged in a classroom, injuring another student, before he suffered a fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Officers responded to the college at 1560 Metropolitan Parkway SW around 8:45 a.m. Monday after receiving a report of a person shot. They found a person dead inside a bathroom from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
Donald Silva, 60, was identified by 11Alive as the student who died in the shooting at Atlanta Technical College on Monday.
According to the preliminary investigation, Silva was carrying a firearm in a classroom when it accidentally discharged, striking another student in the leg. Silva then left the classroom and entered a bathroom, where he suffered the fatal gunshot wound.
The injured student was taken to a hospital by ambulance and was alert, conscious and breathing, according to police. Atlanta Technical College said the student is expected to recover.
The college said the campus was secured following the shooting and that classes and normal operations have resumed. Police described the incident as isolated and said there was no active threat to the community.
“Our thoughts are with the students, their families and the entire Atlanta Technical College community during this time,” the college said in a social media statement.
The investigation remains ongoing. Police said the information released so far is preliminary and could change as investigators gather additional information.