How Georgia's Apalachee High School shooting unfolded: Complete timeline of events
An investigation continues into the deaths of four people and wounding of nine others in a high school shooting in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday morning. A 14-year-old suspect, a student at the school, is in custody.
Two students and two teachers were killed, said Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey at a news conference Wednesday afternoon. Eight students and one teacher were injured.
It's unknown if there were connections between the victims and the shooter. A motive remains unclear.
The suspect was identified as Colt Gray, officials said. He will be charged with murder and prosecuted as an adult.
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The shooting at Apalachee High School reportedly started at about 10:20 a.m. Law enforcement officers responded and the school was placed on lockdown.
The suspect was taken into custody after being confronted by law enforcement, said Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith. The firearm was described as "an AR-platform style weapon."
Here is what we know so far about the shooting.
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How police responded to shootings
(All times are EDT and approximate)
8:30 a.m.: First-period classes begin.
10-10:30 a.m.: A sophomore says she was in her second-period class when another student barged in yelling for everyone to get down, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
10:20 a.m.: Law enforcement begins receiving calls about an active shooter, Hosey says in a news conference.
10:23 a.m.: Law enforcement officers are dispatched to the school.
10:45 a.m.: The school sends this message to parents: “Apalachee High School is currently in a hard lockdown after reports of gunfire. Law enforcement is here. Please do not attempt to come to the school at this time while officers work to secure the area," the Athens Banner-Herald reports.
11 a.m.: Heavy police presence seen on school property, CBS affiliate WANF reports.
11:20 a.m.: Students are evacuated to the football field behind the school.
11:56 a.m.: One suspect is in custody, Barrow County Sheriff’s Office reports.
12:07 p.m.: Georgia Bureau of Investigation reports it has responded to the school shooting.
1:15 p.m.: “This is going to take multiple days to get answers,” the Barrow County sheriff says in a news conference.
2:13 p.m.: In an update, the GBI says four people were killed, and nine were hospitalized with injuries.
Apalachee High School has about 1,900 students in grades nine to 12. It opened in 2000 and is one of two high schools in the Barrow County school system. Winder, a rural town of 18,300 people, is about 30 miles from Athens, Georgia.
Barrow County schools went into lockdown as a "precautionary measure," the sheriff's office said Wednesday morning.
Barrow County School System Superintendent Dallas LeDuff said the schools will be closed for the rest of the week and grief counseling will be available.
Contributing: Jonathan Limestone, Wayne Ford, Jeanine Santucci, Paste BN Network
Source: Paste BN Network reporting and research; Georgia Bureau of Investigation; Reuters