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Tragic Shooting at Apalachee High School Leaves Four Dead, Nine Injured



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In a tragic turn of events on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, left four people dead and nine others injured. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) confirmed that the victims included two students and two teachers. The suspect, identified as 14-year-old student Colt Gray, is currently in custody and will be tried as an adult.

The incident unfolded around 10:23 a.m. when authorities responded to reports of an active shooter on campus. Law enforcement arrived swiftly and evacuated students and staff to the school's football stadium. Emergency services worked throughout the day to reunite families and provide medical care for those injured, who were taken to nearby hospitals.

Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith expressed the community’s devastation, stating, "Hate will not prevail in this county. Love will prevail over what happened today." Local and federal authorities, including the FBI, are actively investigating the shooting.

Governor Brian Kemp and other state leaders extended their condolences and pledged support to the affected families and the school community. The governor also ordered increased security in schools across Georgia in response to the tragedy.

As the community grapples with the horror of the shooting, messages of prayer and support continue to pour in from across the country, emphasizing the urgent need to address gun violence in schools.

This heartbreaking event has shaken the small community of Winder, and the investigation remains ongoing. Schools across the region have increased patrols out of an abundance of caution.




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And the MSM and the MARXIST left is already trying to politicize this shooting. I was watching an interview with the House Majority Whip on ABC while they were still waiting on confirmation of the reports that they had received, they pressed the Whip to say something on gun violence and the need for "common sense gun control legislation." He politely told the female reporter that he wouldn't be making any such statement nor politicizing the event until the evidence was in. She did NOT like that in the least, and later in the day she brought her interview with him back up she accused him of being harsh and unreasonable towards herself. Is it any wonder that most Americans no longer trust the MSM?

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NBC news:

"Last May, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received a tip from the FBI regarding a possible threat to shoot up a middle school that came from a Discord chat group, and interviewed Colt Gray and his father, Colin. 

On May 21, an investigator looking into the tip went to the Grays' home in Jefferson, Georgia. Colin told the investigator that he didn’t have a Discord account, and his son, who was 13 at the time, said he had deleted his. 

“Colt expressed concern that someone is accusing him of threatening to shoot up a school, stating that he would never say such a thing, even in a joking manner,” the incident report obtained by NBC News said. 

The father told the investigator he had hunting rifles in the home, and Colt was “allowed to use them when supervised, but does not have unfettered access to them,” the report said.

Three tips had come to the FBI from different IP addresses — two from different California cities and one from western Australia. The tip said that the Discord account was associated with the email “*****@*****.tld” which was owned by Colt Gray, according to the FBI’s information. IP addresses from the account showed it was used in two different Georgia cities and possibly from Buffalo, New York. 

Included in the tip were several photo attachments that showed a user profile name written in Russian — which when translated spelled the name Lanza, referring to the Sandy Hook elementary school shooter. 

When confronted about it, Colin Gray said he didn’t know the email associated with the account and said his son doesn’t know Russian. The investigator reported that Colin said his son had “some problems at West Jackson Middle School and now that he is going to Jefferson Middle School it has gotten better.”

Ultimately due to the “inconsistent nature” of the FBI information, it couldn’t be substantiated whether Colt or Colin were behind the Discord account."

 

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The shooting took place on Colt's second day at the school. I'm thinking that, yeah, he was behind the threats last year. He' going to be charged as an adult for murder. 

 
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Removed the "gobbly gook" at the end :)

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36 minutes ago, HappyChristian said:

NBC news:

"Last May, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received a tip from the FBI regarding a possible threat to shoot up a middle school that came from a Discord chat group, and interviewed Colt Gray and his father, Colin. 

On May 21, an investigator looking into the tip went to the Grays' home in Jefferson, Georgia. Colin told the investigator that he didn’t have a Discord account, and his son, who was 13 at the time, said he had deleted his. 

“Colt expressed concern that someone is accusing him of threatening to shoot up a school, stating that he would never say such a thing, even in a joking manner,” the incident report obtained by NBC News said. 

The father told the investigator he had hunting rifles in the home, and Colt was “allowed to use them when supervised, but does not have unfettered access to them,” the report said.

Three tips had come to the FBI from different IP addresses — two from different California cities and one from western Australia. The tip said that the Discord account was associated with the email “*****@*****.tld” which was owned by Colt Gray, according to the FBI’s information. IP addresses from the account showed it was used in two different Georgia cities and possibly from Buffalo, New York. 

Included in the tip were several photo attachments that showed a user profile name written in Russian — which when translated spelled the name Lanza, referring to the Sandy Hook elementary school shooter. 

When confronted about it, Colin Gray said he didn’t know the email associated with the account and said his son doesn’t know Russian. The investigator reported that Colin said his son had “some problems at West Jackson Middle School and now that he is going to Jefferson Middle School it has gotten better.”

Ultimately due to the “inconsistent nature” of the FBI information, it couldn’t be substantiated whether Colt or Colin were behind the Discord account."

 

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The shooting took place on Colt's second day at the school. I'm thinking that, yeah, he was behind the threats last year. He' going to be charged as an adult for murder. 

 
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What's all the gobbly gook at the end there? LOL I fully believe he is the shooter, and he should be tried as an adult. 

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8 hours ago, BrotherTony said:

What's all the gobbly gook at the end there? LOL I fully believe he is the shooter, and he should be tried as an adult. 

Stuff from the site I copied, I guess. lol

 

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