School Employee Arrested for Holding Children at Gunpoint

Newschannel9 has learned that an employe with Hamilton County Department of Education has been arrested for holding three carloads of children hostage at gunpoint.

Spokesperson for the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department, Janice Atkinson says the kids had gone out in Sale Creek to go ghost hunting when the incident happened.

Swallows is now in the Hamilton County Jail facing 8 counts of aggravated assault and 9 counts of false imprisonment.

We’ve contacted the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department and will have more information on Newschannel9 at 11.