Nine people were hurt, and at least four died at Apalachee High School in Georgia.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation revealed that a suspect was alive and in custody after receiving reports of a “active shooter” at approximately 10.20 a.m. this morning.
According to a CNN story published earlier today, the gunman at Apalachee High School is believed to be a 14-year-old boy.
Since then, authorities confirmed at a press conference that 14-year-old Colt Grey is the suspect. He attended school as a student.
The head of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Chris Hosey, went on to state that Grey will face murder charges and an adult trial.
Hosey also confirmed that nine individuals had been injured and four had died—two teachers and two students.
“This tragedy resulted in the deaths of four individuals. Nine people were brought to local hospitals with varying injuries. “Of those who died, two were students and two were teachers at the school,” Hosey explained.
The fatalities have since been identified as 14-year-old students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, as well as teachers Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie.
According to the Apalachee school website, Aspinwall and Irimie teach maths.
During a press conference earlier today, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith reported “multiple injuries.” He declined to disclose any information, stating that determining the actual events would take “multiple days.”
“Every minute, it’s developing on what we’re finding,” the researcher said.
According to the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and emergency medical personnel rushed to the school around 10.30 a.m. after receiving a call about a ‘active shooter’ (previous reports claimed authorities received a call around 9.30 and arrived at the school around 10.20, but Hosey has since confirmed they received the call around 10.20 a.m.).
Atlanta FBI agents were dispatched to the location to assist local authorities.
In a statement issued earlier today, President Joe Biden said: “What should have been a joyous back-to-school season in Winder, Georgia, has now turned into another horrific reminder of how gun violence continues to tear our communities apart.”
“Students across the country are learning how to duck and cover instead of how to read and write,” he complained. “We cannot continue to accept this as normal.”
Speaking about the killing at a New Hampshire rally today, Vice President Kamala Harris described it as a “senseless tragedy.”
“It’s just outrageous that every day in our country, in the United States of America, that parents have to send their children to school worried about whether or not their child will come home alive,” Harris told me.
“We’ve got to stop it,” she added, adding, “It doesn’t have to be this way.”
