School shootings in the United States: 14-year-old gunman identified as a student of Apalachee High School in Georgia
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Four people are dead and nine hospitalized after a shooting at a high school in Appalachia, Georgia. Colt Gray, a 14-year-old student at the school, has surrendered to police and is in custody.
Four people were killed and nine hospitalized after a shooting Wednesday morning at a Georgia high school. Authorities are still investigating the shooting and its motives. The alleged gunman is in custody.
Writes UNN with reference to Fox News.
Details
The shooter in the tragic incident at Appalachian High School has surrendered to police. He has been identified: Colt Gray, a 14-year-old student at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, a community about an hour's drive from the city of Atlanta.
The shooter was armed, and our school resource officer engaged him. The shooter quickly realized that if he did not surrender, it would end in an OIS (officer-involved shooting)
Georgia authorities denied reports that another 14-year-old boy had been named as a suspect.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has denied allegations that another student at an Appalachian high school was involved in a devastating shooting that left four people dead on Wednesday, according to
Georgian authorities deny reports that another 14-year-old boy was named as a suspect by Fox News.
Recall
A shooting occurs at a school in Winder, Georgia. 4 people were killed. Initially, it was reported that dozens of people were injured, but later it became known that 9 people were hospitalized. Students sought refuge in their classrooms and later in the football stadium, while police flooded the campus and parents ran to find out if their children were safe. A 14-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene.