WINDER, GEORGIA — The 14-year-old suspect in the fatal mass shooting at a Winder, Georgia, high school has been identified as Colt Gray, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said at an afternoon news conference.
The suspect is a student at Apalachee High School who will be charged with murder and will be handled as an adult as he moves through the criminal justice system, Hosey and Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith added.
Two teachers and two students were killed, Hosey said. Nine other victims were taken to hospitals, according to the officials.
The gunfire sent students and faculty desperately scurrying for cover as schools across the county went into lockdown and parents scrambled for information.
Wednesday’s shooting is the deadliest of the 45 school shootings so far this calendar year, according to a CNN analysis. It is one of 11 school shootings with four or more deaths since 2008, when CNN first started tracking school shootings.
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There are no words anymore. I stead of being horrified by this tragedy, people have become numb to it and school shootings have become normalized. My Dad, who is a 84 year old conservative Republican, does not understand why this keeps happening. He doesn’t get or want to admit that the NRA supported by Russian money, has bought and corrupted almost all Republican members of Congress. This is not normal. It is a National Mental illness.