Updated 12:00 AM EDT, Thu September 5, 2024
**What we covered:**
- A mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, left two 14-year-old students and two teachers dead. Nine others — eight students and one teacher — were wounded and hospitalized, but all are expected to survive.
- The suspect, a 14-year-old student at the school, had been questioned along with his father by law enforcement last year after receiving anonymous tips about online threats to commit a school shooting, according to FBI Atlanta and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. However, there was no probable cause for arrest at the time.
- The weapon used in Wednesday’s shooting was an AR-platform firearm, identified by a law enforcement official as an AR-15-style rifle.
- This shooting marks at least the 45th school shooting in 2024 and is the deadliest of the year, according to a CNN analysis.
Here’s the latest update on the shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia:
Four people were killed and nine others hospitalized in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday. The suspect, a 14-year-old student at the school, is currently in custody.
**Victims:**
The deceased have been identified as:
- Mason Schermerhorn, a 14-year-old student
- Christian Angulo, a 14-year-old student
- Richard Aspinwall, a teacher and assistant football coach
- Christina Irimie, a teacher
Both of the adult victims were math teachers.
Nine others, including eight students and one teacher, were wounded and hospitalized but are expected to survive.
**Suspected Shooter:**
The alleged gunman is Colt Gray.
- Gray will face murder charges and be tried as an adult.
- Last year, Gray was questioned by law enforcement following “several anonymous tips about online threats to commit a school shooting,” according to FBI Atlanta and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. At that time, there was insufficient evidence for arrest.
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