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<p>SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — President Barack Obama has phoned a Georgia woman credited with helping prevent a school shooting to thank her for her actions.</p> <p>The White House says Obama spoke with Antoinette Tuff on Thursday while in New York, where he is on an education-focused bus trip.</p>

Courageous and Compassionate Christian Woman Prevents School Shooting The Story: Yesterday a mentally ill man carrying an AK-47 rifle and 500 rounds of ammunition entered an elementary school outside of Atlanta. The potential tragedy was averted when a courageous and compassionate Christian woman talked the gunman into giving himself up. The Background: "He had a look on him that he was willing to kill," said Antoinette Tuff, a school clerk. "He said he didn't have any reason to live, and he knew he was going to die today." According to the Washington Post, Tuff began telling him the story of...

President Barack Obama has phoned a Georgia woman credited with helping prevent a school shooting to thank her for her actions. Antoinette Tuff talked 20-year-old Michael Brandon Hill into surrendering after he prompted a lockdown at McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, Ga. Tuesday. Ga. school shooting first responder: We knew we had a "serious situation" Michael Brandon Hill packing nearly 500 rounds at Georgia elementary school The White House says Obama spoke with Tuff on Thursday while in New York, where he is on an education-focused bus trip. The White House says the president praised Tuff..

A black-clad gunman who marched into a Georgia elementary school “was ready to die” before a brave school clerk convinced him to surrender to police. The suspect, Michael Brandon Hill, burst into the front office of Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy near Atlanta and began barking orders to two staff members inside about 1 p.m. Tuesday, ABC World News reported. “I’m not playing,” the 20-year-old man allegedly said. “This is for real. This is not a show.” Antoinette Tuff, a bookkeeper for the Decatur school, told the news station that she was with one other staff member when Hill...

The man who allegedly exchanged gunfire with officers inside an Atlanta-area elementary has a "long history of medical disorders," according to his brother, who said suspect Michael Hill was bound to "do something stupid." "I honestly can tell you he has got a long history of medical disorders, including bipolar, and that could make you snap on a dime," Timothy Hill told ABC News. "My moms almost looked like a drugstore at one point. There was so many different medications he was on." ... Hill did not disclose his brother's complete mental health history but said he was taking drugs...