Dozens of police swarmed the campus after the alarm was raised at around 9.30am local time, and students rushed for shelter in the football stadium. A 14-year-old student at the school is in custody.
A 14-year-old boy is in custody after allegedly shooting dead two students and two teachers at his high school in the US. Police took the unusual step of naming the suspect as Colt Gray. A gunman opened fire at Apalachee High School, situated in Winder in Barrow County - around 50 miles from the city of Atlanta. Chris Hosey, Director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Gray would be tried as an adult. Officers said they heard about the incident just before 9.
' When she asked in the family group chat what was going on, he said there was a gunman at the school. The Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith, who described the incident as 'pure evil', told reporters: 'My heart hurts for these kids, my heart hurts for this community, but I want to make it clear hate will not prevail in this county. Love will prevail.
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