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    The White House Issues statement on Apalachee High school shooting in Georgia

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    A tragic shooting incident took place in Apalachee high school. According to CNN.com Two students and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, according to Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey. Their names were released tonight by authorities.

    Chris Hosey, Georgia Bureau of Investigation director, identified the four people killed in Wednesday’s mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. he victims were identified as:

    Mason Schermerhorn, 14, student

    Christian Angulo, 14, student

    Richard Aspinwall, teacher

    Christina Irimie, teacher

    Aspinwall and Irimie were math teachers at Apalachee, according to the school’s website, which also lists Aspinwall as the defensive coordinator of the school’s football team.

    Who is the suspect of the shooting incident

    The suspect of the shooting is 14 year old Colt Gray who will be prosecuted as an adult. The 14-year-old student opened fire at his Georgia high school on Wednesday, killing two students and two teachers before surrendering to school resource officers, according to the authorities, who said the suspect would be charged with murder.

    White House issues Statement

    Following the incident the white house issued a statement that partially said, “Jill and I are mourning the deaths of those whose lives were cut short due to more senseless gun violence and thinking of all of the survivors whose lives are forever changed in Winder, Georgia.

    Students across the country are learning how to duck and cover instead of how to read and write. We cannot continue to accept this as normal.”

    In the statement the white house reiterated its commitment to ending gun violence indicating, “Ending this gun violence epidemic is personal to me.”

    FBI Had Prior Information About the Suspect

    In what appears to be inaction from authorities it is now emerging that the FBI interviewed him last year after obtaining anonymous tips about online threats to commit a school shooting. The BBC.com states that despite having the information, agents did not arrest him at the time. Officers first received reports of shooting at the school of around 1900 pupils at around 10:20 local time (1420 GMT). Local sheriff Jud Smith described the attack as “pure evil”.

    Jud Smith the local sheriff announced that it was Apalachee Hs School resource officer that stopped the shooter.

    According to the FBI, investigators had visited the suspect in May 2023 and interviewed him and his father about threats posted online which included pictures of guns.

    “The father stated that he had hunting guns in the house, but the subject did not have unsupervised access to them,” the FBI said in a statement.

    The suspect, who was 13-years-old at the time, denied making the online threats and officials “alerted local schools for continued monitoring of the subject”.

    “At the time, there was no probable cause for an arrest or to take any additional law enforcement action on the local, state or federal levels.”

    One of those killed on Wednesday was 14-year-old Mason Schermerhorn, who was autistic, according to local outlet WSB-TV.

    Family members had posted Mason’s photo on social media after they couldn’t find him and later reportedly confirmed he did not survive the shooting.

    Teacher and coach David Phenix was injured after being shot in the foot and hip, shattering his hip bone, according to his family’s social media posts.

    He had surgery but was in a stable condition, someone who identified herself as his daughter said on Facebook.

    Law enforcement have not said what type of weapon was used, or how many bullets were fired.

    The suspect was interviewed and spoke with investigators once in custody, Sheriff Smith said.

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