Members phkrause Posted Thursday at 08:42 PM Author Members Share Posted Thursday at 08:42 PM A 14-year-old student fatally shot 4 people in a rampage at a Georgia high school, officials say WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A 14-year-old student opened fire at a Georgia high school and killed four people on Wednesday, authorities said, sending students scrambling for shelter in their classrooms — and eventually to the football stadium — as officers swarmed the campus and parents raced to find out if their children were safe. https://apnews.com/article/georgia-high-school-lockdown-3969d34cf6a7adc787facf21c469ef4d? School shooting leaves 4 dead Two students and two teachers were killed in a shooting this morning at Apalachee High School in rural Winder, Ga. Nine people were hospitalized. The suspect is a 14-year-old student who will be charged with murder and tried as an adult, Chris Hosey, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, said at a late-afternoon briefing aired live by CNN. Barrow County (Ga.) Sheriff Jud Smith said at the briefing that a school resource officer engaged the armed suspect: "He gave up, got on the ground and was taken into custody. … We don't know of any targets at this point." The school is in Atlanta's outer exurbs. Students inside the school texted their families to say "I love you" as they barricaded themselves inside their classrooms amid the sound of gunshots. "What you see behind us is an evil thing," the sheriff said as he stood in front of the school during a press conference. President Biden said in a statement: "What should have been a joyous back-to-school season ... has now turned into another horrific reminder of how gun violence continues to tear our communities apart." Get the latest ... Read Biden's statement. Teen charged with killing 4 at Georgia high school had been focus of earlier tips about threats More than a year ago, tips about online posts threatening a school shooting led Georgia police to interview a 13-year-old boy, but investigators didn’t have enough evidence for an arrest. On Wednesday, that boy opened fire at his high school outside Atlanta, killing four people and wounding nine, officials said. Read more. Recent developments: The teen has been charged as an adult in the deaths of Apalachee High School students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, and instructors Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Christina Irimie, 53, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said at a news conference. Armed with an assault-style rifle, the teen turned the gun on students in a hallway at the school when classmates refused to open the door for him to return to his algebra classroom, classmate Lyela Sayarath said. Two school resource officers encountered the shooter within minutes of a report of shots fired, Hosey said. The teen immediately surrendered and was taken into custody. The teen had been interviewed after the FBI received anonymous tips in May 2023 about online threats to commit an unspecified school shooting, the agency said in a statement. The FBI referred the case to the sheriff’s department in Jackson County and the sheriff’s office interviewed the then-13-year-old and his father, who said there were hunting guns in the house but the teen did not have unsupervised access to them. The teen also denied making any online threats. Authorities were still looking into how the teen obtained the gun used in the shooting and got it into the school. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ A list of mass killings in the United States this year Teen arraigned on attempted murder in shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie says he is very sorry Opening statements are scheduled in the trial of a man who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted Friday at 11:29 AM Author Members Share Posted Friday at 11:29 AM Georgia school shooting The community of Winder, Georgia, is grieving the deaths of two 14-year-old students and two teachers who were killed in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School on Wednesday. Nine others were wounded and hospitalized, all of whom are expected to survive. The suspected gunman is in custody and was identified as a 14-year-old student at the school, which is about an hour outside of Atlanta. There is no known connection between the shooter and the victims, authorities said, adding an investigation is underway to determine his motive. The teenager will be charged with murder and will be tried as an adult. The shooting is at least the 45th school shooting in 2024 and the deadliest this year, according to a CNN analysis. What we know so far about the victims of the Apalachee school shooting in Georgia WINDER, Ga. (AP) — A 14-year-old Georgia high school student has been charged as an adult with using an assault-style rifle to kill two students and two teachers in the hallway outside his algebra classroom, according to authorities. https://apnews.com/article/georgia-high-school-shooting-victims-d5b510b7f855d235256d984ccd381571? Suspect of Georgia school shooting is expected in court a day after his father is charged The 14-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting four people at a Georgia high school was expected to make his first court appearance Friday, a day after his father was also arrested for allowing his son to possess a weapon. Read more. Recent developments: The teen’s father, Colin Gray, 54, was charged Thursday with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said. “His charges are directly connected with the actions of his son and allowing him to possess a weapon,” Hosey said. It’s the latest example of prosecutors holding parents responsible for their children’s actions in school shootings. Father and son have been charged in the deaths of students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14, and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, according to Hosey. Nine other people were injured, seven of them shot. The teen denied threatening to carry out a school shooting when authorities interviewed him last year about a menacing post on social media, according to a sheriff’s report obtained Thursday. Conflicting evidence on the post’s origin left investigators unable to arrest anyone, the report said. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ How to talk with kids about school shootings and other traumatic events JD Vance says he laments that school shootings are a ‘fact of life’ and calls for better security Rift between Parkland massacre survivor and some families of the dead erupts in court Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted Friday at 06:24 PM Author Members Share Posted Friday at 06:24 PM Father of school shooting suspect arrested The father of the 14-year-old student arrested in connection with a school shooting that killed four people and injured nine others in Georgia was arrested yesterday, Axios' Rebecca Falconer and Sareen Habeshian write. Colin Gray, 54, was charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, authorities said. The charges are "directly connected with the actions of his son and allowing him to possess a weapon," the Georgia Bureau of Investigation director said. Get the latest. Georgia school shooting The father of the 14-year-old Apalachee High School shooting suspect has been arrested for "knowingly allowing" his son to have a weapon. The teen's father is charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children in connection with the shooting that left two students and two teachers dead in Georgia this week. The father of the alleged shooter told investigators he purchased the gun used in the rampage as a holiday present for his son in December 2023. During a search of the suspect's home, authorities also found documents they believe were written by the teen and referenced past school shootings. Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted 2 hours ago Author Members Share Posted 2 hours ago Inside the Georgia high school where a sleepy morning was pierced by gunfire WINDER, Ga. (AP) — It was the middle of second period at Apalachee High School, and the boy who few knew slipped out of his algebra class in J Hall again. That didn’t strike his fellow students as unusual. https://apnews.com/article/georgia-apalachee-school-shooting-2134142ff2ec2b7dc14d1e44c4f8bf74? Quote phkrause Obstinacy is a barrier to all improvement. - ChL 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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