Posted on 09/04/2024 11:08:03 AM PDT by lasereye
At least two people were killed and at least four were injured after gunfire erupted today at Apalachee High School in Georgia, according to preliminary information from law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation.
The suspect is in custody, the Barrow County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp dispatched state resources to assist local authorities.
Federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and ATF, are on the scene in Georgia to assist local authorities in the ongoing probe at Apalachee High School, a "devastated" Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
"We are still gathering information but the FBI and ATF are on the scene, working with state, local and federal partners," Garland told reporters.
"I'm devastated for the families who have been affected by this terrible tragedy. The Justice Department stands ready to provide resources or support the Winder community needs in the days ahead."
WXIA reporters spoke with a neighbor of an Apalachee High School student who rushed to the school and confirmed that the student was safe.
"I'm sure he's devastated," the neighbor said. "He probably doesn't want to finish the rest of the year. His last year, and this is what happens."
The neighbor said that the student heard the shooting and called his mom.
"He's like, 'They're shooting, they're shooting right across from my classroom,'" the neighbor said. "He called his mom devastated, I'm sure."
Sheriff Jud Smith said that schools surrounding Apalachee High School, which were placed on a soft lockdown after reports of the shooting, would release their students soon as families anxiously await reunions with their students.
Smith called the investigation "very active and ever-developing," as officials of numerous sheriff’s offices from across the state of Georgia could be seen on Apalachee’s campus.
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I’m not turning my ad blocker off to read all of this but seems 5 people took themselves to the hospital for anxiety symptoms. Took themselves to the hospital, huh. As if the hospital doesn’t have enough to do taking care of actual victims.
No it is a trendy name, named by trendy parents.
Colt Keith (Tigers) and Colt Emerson (Mariners) are two highly rated MLB prospects. Must be an increasingly popular name the last few decades.
Um…
Nvm
The popularity of the name Colt reached a peak about 2019.
The shooter’s name is Colt Gray.
..... Shooter has an unfortunate name .... I wonder if Colt Grey used a Grey Colt ...... .45 that is.
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Why are they interviewing a busybody with no direct knowledge and who’s tangential relationship is being the neighbor of a student who “is devastated, I’m sure.” How useless can an article get?
I guess Colt is short for Colton
As sure as the leaves drop from the trees in the fall, there will be a school shooting when The Democrat Party Organized Crime Syndicate is afraid they are losing power.
[Too busy to look at the weapon that they took from the boy?]
They have to secure it for forensics. Patience.
No, they said that they haven’t identified it. That indeed, is a LIE! Why LIE about it?
Ummm ….
Nvm, “FUZZ”.
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Someone needs the death penalty just like the kids he or she gave the kids who he/she had murdered.
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The school had advance warning and let this happen anyways.
Ping to post 59.
Saying it’s under Harris’ watch is kinda weird. That’s all.
Ok, under Biden’s watch. Happy now?
i just call them all democRATS...
Happy? Naw.
This kind of crap is just playing politics, something derided here and for good reason.
So why participate?
Harris is no more responsible for this school shooter than the gun he used.
[No, they said that they haven’t identified it. That indeed, is a LIE! Why LIE about it?]
There’s a lot of nuance involved in identifying some firearms, especially “clones” and “ghost guns.”
Let the tech guys do their thing.
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