The 14-year-old teenager suspected of killing four people at Apalachee High School was investigated last year for threatening to carry out a school shooting, federal officials said. Officials say the teen made the threats online and included photographs of guns. The shooting in Winder, Georgia, killed four people, including two teachers and two pupils, and injured nine others.
Colt Gray, the teenage suspect, surrendered promptly and will face adult charges, according to law enforcement sources. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the victims as Mason Schermerhorn, 14, Christian Angulo, 14, Christina Irimie, 53, and Richard Aspinwall, 39. Officials anticipate the nine wounded to recover. According to his daughter’s social media post, the school’s golf coach was among those injured in the incident.
The ID alert button assisted in identifying a problem at school:
Authorities were warned of a concern at Apalachee High School after instructors touched a security button on their identification, according to the Barrow County Sheriff. Sheriff Jud Smith stated at a news conference that the technology is new. The machine “alarms us and alerts the law enforcement office after buttons are pressed on an ID, and it alerts us to that there is an active situation at the school for whatever reason, and that was pressed,” according to Smith. “And we’ve had that for about a week now.”
Investigators are working on a timeline of the suspected shooter’s actions:
- GBI Director Chris Hosey stated that detectives were attempting to establish a timeline of the alleged shooter’s behavior before the fatal gunfire at Apalachee High School.
- Hosey responded to inquiries at a news conference tonight that the 14-year-old suspect’s entry into the school is also being investigated.
- “We’re still investigating that aspect of it,” Hosey told the audience.
- “We’re still trying to clarify a lot of the timeline from the time he arrived at school today until the incident occurred,” he said when questioned about the suspect’s movements before the shooting.
All injured individuals are likely to survive:
Everyone injured and hospitalized during today’s high school shooting is likely to survive, according to Barrow County Sheriff Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith. “All of our victims that are at the hospital are going to make it and going to recover well, as we’ve been told, and we don’t expect any more fatalities at this time,” Smith told reporters tonight at a news conference. The 14-year-old suspect in today’s fatal shooting at Apalachee High School allegedly used an “AR platform-style weapon,” according to the GBI director. The particular model of the gun was not revealed during tonight’s news briefing. According to GBI Director Chris Hosey, the inquiry remains fluid and active.
