Four people have been killed in Georgia, part of the southern United States, after a shooter opened fire on the grounds of Apalachee High School in the city of Winder, northeast of Atlanta.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said in a news conference on Wednesday that the gunman, a 14-year-old student named Colt Gray, surrendered without a struggle and was taken into custody.
Two of those killed were students and two were teachers, with nine people taken to local hospitals with “various injuries”.
“The priority right now for us within this investigation is to gather all the facts, to make sure that we’re accurate with it, because this is a murder investigation,” GBI director, Chris Hosey, told reporters.
Hosey added that the attacker faces steep consequences. “He will be charged with murder, and he will be tried as an adult and handled as an adult.”
According to Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith, local law enforcement received initial reports that “there was an active shooter on this campus” around 9:30am local time (13:30 GMT).
