Last Updated on 05/09/2024 by Arun jain
Authorities have identified the four victims of the shooting Georgia High School Wednesday morning when a student opened fire inside the school.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Director Chris Hosey said two 14-year-old students and two teachers were killed in the shooting.
Hosey identified the two students who were killed Apalachee High School as Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14. Hosey said math teachers Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irme were also killed during the shooting.
According to Channel2Now, Schermerhorn, who was autistic, was believed to have wandered away from school after the dismissal.
One of the faculty victims, Aspinwall, was also the football coach at the school.
“Coach Aspinwell was one of the kindest teachers I’ve ever had. He always knew he was there if I needed help with anything,” one student wrote in a tribute on Instagram.
“He was very funny, spoke with pride about his wife and children and showed all his students that he cared for them,” the post continued.
On Wednesday, authorities identified Colt Gray, now 14 years old Shooter killed Two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School. Gray surrendered to officers and was taken into custody following the break-in.
An AR platform-style weapon was used in the shooting, Hosey said.
“According to a joint statement just released, the subject, identified as a 13-year-old, is in the same custody related to today’s shooting at Apalachee High School,” the FBI said.
Investigators are still trying to determine if anyone was specifically targeted, but were not aware of any known connections between Gray and the victims.
“Within minutes, law enforcement was on scene and two school resource officers were assigned to the school here,” Barrow County Sheriff Jude Smith told reporters during a press conference Wednesday afternoon.
According to Smith, Gray will be charged with murder and prosecuted as an adult.
Authorities said there is no evidence to support that an additional shooter was involved in the shooting and that investigators are actively pursuing leads from any possible associates of the shooter.
In a joint statement, the FBI’s Atlanta Field Office and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said the agency’s National Threat Operations Center received an anonymous tip about threats posted online related to a possible school shooting in May 2023.
agencies said or threats There were pictures of guns.
Within 24 hours of receiving the anonymous tip, investigators determined the threats originated in Georgia and the matter was referred to the sheriff’s office.
“The Jackson County Sheriffs Office located a possible subject, a 13-year-old male, and interviewed him and his father,” the FBI said. “The father stated he had hunting guns in the home, but the subject did not have unsupervised access to them.”
Agencies said the boy denied making the threats and authorities alerted local schools to keep an eye on the child.
“At that time, there was no probable cause to make an arrest or to take any additional law enforcement action at the local, state or federal level,” the FBI said.
Gray has been booked and is currently being held at the Barrow County Detention Center.
There were three School resource officers When the shooting started at the school today, who was able to make contact with the shooter, who immediately surrendered, authorities said.
The rest of the shooting victims are expected to recover and the Barrow County Sheriff says they don’t expect any more casualties at this time.
Fox News Digital’s Gabriel Regalbuto and Luis Casiano contributed to this report.
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