BARROW COUNTY – A shooting that took place at Apalachee High School has left four people dead and at least nine people injured, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).
The shooting took place Wednesday morning at approximately 10:20 a.m., around 40 miles away from Newton County.
According to a GBI spokesperson, two of the deceased are students and two are teachers.
David Phenix – a special education teacher and coach at the school – is the only victim identified in the shooting as of 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 4. Phenix was injured and is in “stable condition.” He was formerly a teacher in Walton County.
The suspect is in custody and has been identified as 14-year-old Colt Gray, a student at Apalachee High School. He has been officially charged with murder.
On a local level, Newton County Schools entered a preventative lockdown around 1 p.m. today as a precaution. The lockdown was lifted around two hours later.
Spokesperson from the Newton County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO), Caitlin Jett, told The Covington News that the NCSO sent units to the scene, but have since returned to the county. Sheriff Ezell Brown has been in contact with Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith.
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