Ex-Teacher Sentenced To Prison After Firing Gun In Georgia High School

Jesse Randall Davidson, 53, pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property and to carrying a weapon within a school safety zone — both felonies — as well as disrupting the operation of a public school — a misdemeanor. He was a social studies teacher at Dalton High School located about 90 miles northwest of Atlanta.

Dario Lopez-Mills / Associated Press file

A high school social studies teacher who fired a gun inside his Georgia classroom in February, hitting a window and alarming students and staff just days after the Parkland, Fla., shooting massacre, was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in prison, followed by eight years probation, according to Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney Bert Poston.

Jesse Randall Davidson, 53, pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property and to carrying a weapon within a school safety zone — both felonies — as well as disrupting the operation of a public school — a misdemeanor.

Conditions of his probation include not possessing a firearm, getting mental health treatment and not working with students under the age of 18.