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OAN Staff Sophia Flores
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
3:10 PM PST- Update: Officials have identified 14-year-old student Colt Gray as the shooter at Apalachee High School.
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According to Chris Hosey, the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Gray will be tried as an adult.
While the names of the deceased have not yet been released, two students and two teachers were killed in the shooting.
“There are four individuals who are deceased from this incident. Nine that have been taken to local hospitals with various injuries. Of those that are deceased, two were students and two were teachers here at the school,” Hosey said.
11:55 AM PST- Update: At least four people have been killed and nine others have been rushed to the hospital following a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia. Barrow County Sheriff Judd Smith has confirmed that a suspect is alive and is currently in custody.
9:33 AM: Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, is currently in lockdown after reports of gunfire. A number of casualties have been reported.
The number of victims and their current conditions are not yet known. According to reports, a local hospital is “treating multiple gunshot wounds” in connection to the shooting.
Videos filmed from outside revealed that there is a large police presence at the high school. There are also at least five ambulances on the scene.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) took to X, to share that he has “directed all available state resources to respond to the incident at Apalachee High School.”
I have directed all available state resources to respond to the incident at Apalachee High School and urge all Georgians to join my family in praying for the safety of those in our classrooms, both in Barrow County and across the state. (1/2)
— Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) September 4, 2024
Winder is a community located an hour outside of Atlanta, Georgia. The town has a population of 18,338 people.
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