ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A 16-year-old has been arrested after he allegedly shot at police on Wednesday afternoon, triggering a massive SWAT response and forcing Booker T. Washington High School into a soft lockdown during homecoming events.

According to Atlanta police, officers were conducting a “proactive enforcement investigation” involving suspicious people at a gas station on Joseph E. Lowery Boulevard. The suspect fired a single shot toward police and ran, going into a vacant house near 71 Newcastle Street NW, officers said.

Officers from several teams — including the SWAT, K-9, drone and homicide units — swarmed the area. The teen was found hiding in the woodline near the house and taken into custody.

Kyle Maxey, who lives next door to the vacant house, said the situat

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