The Barrow County Sheriff’s Office mentioned a 14-year-old pupil was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly introduced a gun to Apalachee High School, the identical Georgia faculty the place two college students and two academics have been killed in a mass shooting in September.
At roughly 2:02 p.m., faculty useful resource officers arrested the coed with out incident.
“The pupil was cooperative and compliant when encountered by legislation enforcement officers, and there have been no studies of the coed threatening anybody with the gun,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
The boy, who was not named attributable to his age, has since been transported to a youth detention heart.
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Law enforcement responded to Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., Sept. 4, 2024, after a mass taking pictures. (Christian Monterrosa/AFP)
The boy was charged with theft, being a minor in possession of a gun and possessing a weapon on faculty grounds.
Officials did not say what sort of gun was seized or how the kid acquired the gun.
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A memorial is positioned at Apalachee High School to commemorate the varsity’s taking pictures victims Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (The Washington Post/Contributor)
In response to the incident, the Barrow County School System canceled Thursday’s courses on the high school and known as for a gathering to debate instant security enhancement choices.
“We perceive this brings up many alternative emotions in every of us,” the varsity system mentioned. “We will replace you all following the board assembly tomorrow with any adjustments concerning faculty procedures.”
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A Barrow County grand jury indicted 14-year-old Colt Gray and his father, Colin Gray. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson/Barrow County Sheriff’s Office)
On Sept. 4, 14-year-old pupil Colt Gray allegedly opened fireplace at Apalachee High School, killing two academics and two college students.
Teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, and college students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, each 14, have been killed.
Gray has since been indicted on 55 counts as an grownup, together with 25 counts of aggravated assault. He has pleaded not responsible and faces a most penalty of life in jail with out parole or life with the potential of parole if convicted.
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His father, Colin Gray, who was arrested and charged with shopping for the semiautomatic AR-15-style rifle used within the taking pictures and giving it to Colt for Christmas, is dealing with 29 counts, together with two counts of second-degree homicide and two counts of involuntary manslaughter. He has additionally pleaded not responsible.
Georgia is one of 42 states within the U.S. that holds mother and father criminally answerable for their youngsters.
