Two students and two teachers fatally shot by 14-year-old with semi-automatic weapon at Apalachee High School
Early reports say the shooter obtained the weapon as a Christmas gift from his father.
2 high school students and two instructors were fatally shot after a 14-year-old opened fire at Apalachee High School in Winder, Atlanta using a semiautomatic assault-style rifle, becoming the 24th school shooting reported on a K-12 campus in 2024. The shooting also injured 8 students and 1 more teacher.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the victims as students Christian Angulo, 14, and Mason Schermerhorn, 14, and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53.
Angulo’s Mother told Univision that her son, a freshman at the high school was a sweet boy with several dreams he wanted to pursue. “He was only 14 years old; they took his whole life, his future and his time with us. He didn’t deserve this. He didn’t deserve to die like this “I miss him. For me, this is like … I wish it was a dream.”
The shooter, Colt Gray, faces four counts of felony murder and could face life in prison if convicted. His father, Collin Gray, 54, is charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder, and eight counts of cruelty to children, according to Barrow County District Attorney Brad Smith.
Gray allegedly gave his son a firearm as a Christmas gift “with knowledge he was a threat to himself and others,” according to the affidavit released by the district.
"We've seen this 14-year-old shooter had made threats a year before. The father apparently said to the police that he bought the AR-style weapon for a Christmas present for his minor child," Kris Brown, president of gun control advocacy organization Brady, told CBS News' Natalie Brand, drawing a parallel to the case of James and Jennifer Crumbley, the first parents in the U.S. to be convicted in a mass school shooting carried out by their child.