Apalachee High School is in Winder, about 45 miles outside of Atlanta.
Two students and two teachers were killed in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday morning, officials said.at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday morning, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.The suspect -- 14-year-old Colt Gray, a student at Apalachee High School -- was encountered by officers within minutes, and he immediately surrendered and was taken into custody, the GBI said.
Kyson Stancion said he was in class when he heard gunshots and "heard police scream, telling somebody, 'There's a shooting going on, get down, get back in the classroom.'""Everybody was crying. My teacher tried to keep everybody safe," he added.Dad Jonathan Mills said he experienced an "emotional roller coaster" as he and his wife rushed to the school and waited to get ahold of their son, Jayden.
"I have three children. All three of them go to this cluster of schools, and you never think about that," he said.Winder is about 45 miles outside of Atlanta.Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith called the shooting "pure evil."President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were briefed on the shooting, according to the White House.
"After decades of inaction, Republicans in Congress must finally say 'enough is enough' and work with Democrats to pass common-sense gun safety legislation," Biden said. "We must ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines once again, require safe storage of firearms, enact universal background checks, and end immunity for gun manufacturers.
"This is just a senseless tragedy on top of so many senseless tragedies," she said. "We have to end this epidemic of gun violence.""Let us finally pass an assault weapons ban and universal background checks and red flag laws," she said. "It is a false choice to say you are either in favor of the Second Amendment, or you want to take everyone's guns away. I am in favor of the Second Amendment, and I know we need reasonable gun safety laws in our country.
In Atlanta, authorities will "bolster patrols" around schools on Wednesday "out of an abundance of caution," Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said in a statement.
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