Another 14-year-old arrested with a gun at Georgia’s Apalachee High School after deadly shooting
The Hindu
14-year-old arrested for bringing gun to Apalachee High School, site of previous fatal shooting, in Georgia.
A 14-year-old student was arrested after bringing a gun on Wednesday (January 8, 2025) to Apalachee High School, the same Georgia High School where a shooting in September killed two teachers and two students and wounded others.
The Barrow County Sheriff's Office said school resource officers arrested the boy “without incident” Wednesday afternoon at the school in Winder, about 40 miles (65 kilometres) northeast of Atlanta. Deputies said the student was “cooperative and compliant when encountered by law enforcement officers and there have been no reports of the student threatening anyone with the gun.”
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The student, who wasn't named because of his age, was taken to a juvenile detention center in Gainesville. He's charged with two counts of possessing a weapon on school grounds, theft and being a minor in possession of a gun. Deputies didn't say what kind of gun was seized. Authorities said the student was arrested shortly after 2 p.m. at school, but they did not say when he arrived or release details of the circumstances of the arrest.
The Barrow County school district canceled classes on Thursday at the high school with nearly 2,000 students, located about 45 miles (70 kilometers) northeast of downtown Atlanta.
The Sept. 4 shooting killed teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14. Another teacher and eight more students were wounded, seven of them hit by gunfire.
Colt Gray, who was 14 at the time, was charged as an adult after the September shooting and was indicted on 55 counts, including murder and 25 counts of aggravated assault at the high school. He has pleaded not guilty. His father, Colin Gray, was indicted on 29 counts, including two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of involuntary manslaughter, based on prosecutors' contention that Colin Gray let his son access guns and ammunition “after receiving sufficient warning” that the boy would harm others. Colin Gray has also pleaded not guilty.
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14-year-old arrested for bringing gun to Apalachee High School, site of previous fatal shooting, in Georgia.