Networks Carry Special Reports On Latest School Shooting In Georgia; Four Dead, Nine Hospitalized And 14-Year-Old Suspect In Custody
deadline.comNetworks focused coverage throughout the afternoon today on the latest school shooting, this time in Winder, GA, where a 14-year-old is in custody.
Officials said that two students and two teachers were killed, and nine are in local hospitals. Colt Gray, a student at the school, Apalachee High School, will be charged with murder and tried as an adult, Chris Hosey of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation told reporters.
Authorities received a call at about 10:20 a.m. ET about reports of an active shooter and law enforcement was on the scene within minutes, Hosey said.
Two school resource officers encountered the shooter soon after the report went out, he said, and once officers encountered Gray, he immediately surrendered. “The priority right now for us within this investigation is to gather all the facts, and make sure we’re accurate with it, because this is a murder investigation,” he said.
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