Georgia School Shooting Leaves At Least 4 Dead And Dozens Hurt With 14-Year-Old Suspect In Custody: Live Updates

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At least four people have died and dozens more have been injured following a shooting at a high school in Georgia.

Helicopter video from local news channel WSB-TV showed dozens of law enforcement and emergency vehicles surrounding Apalachee High School in Barrow County, about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta.

CNN reported that four had died and around 30 others were believed to be injured.

At a brief press conference Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith described the incident as “evil” but said that the situation remained “very fluid.” “We’re not releasing any information as far as injuries, but we have multiple injuries. This is a very, very fluid investigation. It’s very early,” he said.

Smith also confirmed that a suspect had been taken into custody following the incident.

“We’re in the process of reunifying our students with their parents. Obviously, that’s chaotic, but we want to be respectful of them and their privacy as well,” Smith added.

Georgia governor Brian Kemp, the FBI and the White House are all monitoring the situation as it continues to unfold.

Democratic vice presindential nominee Tim Walz also acknowldged the “tragic” incident ahead of a campaign event in Pennsylvania.

1725480028Apalachee High School received phone call threat prior to shootingCNN reports that Apalachee High School received a phone call threat, prior to the school shooting on Wednesday – citing a law enforcement source.

Law enforcement officials in Georgia told the outlet that the school received a phone call this morning warning that there would be shootings at five schools and that Apalachee would be the first.

It is not known who placed the call and officials are investigating the call and where it originated.

Mike Bedigan4 September 2024 21:00

1725479428Kids were ‘praying quietly’ as shooter stalked hallsD’Anthony Kanzig, a student at Apalachee High School, said that students tried to be as quiet as possible and prayed as the shooting went on.

“I was in class and I just saw ‘hard lockdown’ on my screen and then you just hear the gunshots and everyone got down,” he told News 4 San Antonio.

Kanzig said that students hid under desks and that some were laughing, due to their belief the alert was just a drill. Others were crying.

“Kids were praying, keeping it as quiet as possible,” he said.

Mike Bedigan4 September 2024 20:50

1725478828In pictures: Parents and authorities swarm Apalachee High School

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1725478228Harris blasts ‘senseless tragedy’ in Georgia at campaign rally in New HampshireKamala Harris described the school shooting in Georgia as “a senseless tragedy on top of so many senseless tragedies” as she addressed supporters in New Hampshire on Wednesday.

“Our hearts are with all the students teachers and their families, she said.

“This is a senseless tragedy on top of so many senseless tragedies, and it’s just outrageous that every day in our country in the United States of America, that parents have to send their children to school worried about whether or not their child will come home alive.

“We gotta stop it and we have to end this epidimeic of gun violence in our country once and for all – it doesn’t have to be this way.”

She added: “Our kids are sitting in a classroom where they should be fulfilling their God-given potential, and some of their big, beautiful brain is concerned about a shooter bursting through the door of the classrom – it does not have to be this way.”

Mike Bedigan4 September 2024 20:30

1725477628Watch: White House says ‘enough is enough’ after Georgia school shootingWhite House says ‘enough is enough’ after Georgia school shootingMike Bedigan4 September 2024 20:20

1725477028Georgia Senator: ‘We must pray by taking action’Mike Bedigan4 September 2024 20:10

1725476428Biden condemns ‘senseless gun violence’ following Georgia school shootingIn a statement from Joe and Jill Biden following the shooting in Georgia, the president said that the US could not “continue to accept this as normal.”

“Jill and I are mourning the deaths of those whose lives were cut short due to more senseless gun violence and thinking of all of the survivors whose lives are forever changed,” the statement read.

“What should have been a joyous back-to-school season in Winder, Georgia, has now turned into another horrific reminder of how gun violence continues to tear our communities apart.

“Students across the country are learning how to duck and cover instead of how to read and write. We cannot continue to accept this as normal.”

Mike Bedigan4 September 2024 20:00

1725476128Apalachee school shooter believed to be 14-year-old boy – reportCNN reports that the shooter at Apalachee High School is believed to be a 14-year-old boy, citing a law enforcement source.

The source said it is not yet known whether the teen attended that school. The GBI said previously that the suspect was alive and in custody, contrary to reports that they had been “neutralized.”

Mike Bedigan4 September 2024 19:55

1725475828‘It’s something you never think will happen’Zoe Gray, an 11th grade student at Apalachee High School recalled how her class was “having a normal” day before students received a “hard lockdown” alert on their phones.

“I thought I was gonna die. It was like, it was so close – you here ‘bang bang’ kina like they were trying to get in a door,” she told News 4 San Antonio. “Then you hear the police say ‘get the eff down’.

She continued: “I wanted to get out, I’m a very nervous person and I wanted to get home… I was holding some random kid’s hand my face was in someone’s butt.”

Zoe praised her teachers’ “phenomenal” response to the incident.

“We were just having a normal day it wasn’t anything different – it was just normal, bang bang bang – hard lockdown,” she said. “It’s something you never think will happen, you pray about it – Lord let me go to school safe,” she said.

Mike Bedigan4 September 2024 19:50

1725475228Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirms four dead, suspect aliveIn an update on social media the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) confirmed that four people had been killed in the school shooting in Barrow County on Wednesday.

The Bureau added that an additional nine taken to various hospitals with injuries and that the suspect was “in custody and alive.”

“Reports that the suspect has been ‘neutralized’ are inaccurate,” the GBI statement said.

Mike Bedigan4 September 2024 19:40