During a press conference by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, it was revealed that 2 teachers and 2 students were killed during the shooting at Apalachee High School on Wednesday morning. The FBI also released the suspect's name. He is 14 years old, alive and in custody, and a student at the high school.
The GBI did not release the names of the dead. Nine people were also injured in the attack, Fox5 reports.
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the school following reports of an active shooter at 10:30 a.m. The school was cleared by 11:30 a.m., and students were released to their families.
According to U.S. News & World Report, there are approximately 1,900 students enrolled at the school. It is one of two high schools in the Barrow County Public Schools district. The school is located about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta.
