Photo Courtesy of Creative Commons. Protesters hold signs against gun violence.
Kaya Wagner
Staff Writer
Wednesday, Sept. 4 was a tragic day for students at Apalachee High School in Winder, Barrow County, Georgia.
The first reports of the Apalachee shooting were received by the Sheriff’s Department at 10:20 a.m. The shooting ultimately resulted in four deaths. These were identified by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation as two fourteen-year-old students, Christian Angulo and Mason Schermerhorn, and two teachers, Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie. In addition, nine others were wounded, eight of which were students, and one teacher. All of those wounded were hospitalized but are expected to survive.
Following the shooting, a suspect, a fourteen-year-old student Colt Gray, and his father were brought in for questioning. FBI Atlanta and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office stated that the arrest was on the basis of “anonymous tips about online threats to commit a school shooting at an unidentified location and time.”
Gray was later arrested and charged with felony murder. Gray will be tried as an adult in relation to these charges. As of the writing of this article, this is the 45th school shooting of 2024 and the deadliest of this year.