Georgia teen arrested for bringing gun to school where 4 killed in past shooting

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Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, canceled school and all extracurricular activities on Thursday, Jan. 9, after a 14-year-old student brought a gun to school just months after a gunman killed four people in September 2024. Local police arrested the teen Wednesday, Jan. 8, for bringing the weapon to the same school.

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Authorities charged the student, who is not being identified due to his age, with two counts of possessing a weapon on school grounds, theft and being a minor in possession of a gun.

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Barrow County deputies said they arrested the boy “without incident” Wednesday afternoon at the school and said there had been “no reports of the student threatening anyone with the gun.”

Police did not disclose the type of gun or what led up to the boy’s arrest.

In September, then-14-year-old Colt Gray allegedly shot and killed two students and two teachers at the school. Police said several others were wounded during the shooting.

Prosecutors charged Colt Gray as an adult, indicting him on 55 counts, including malice murder and aggravated assault.

Colt Gray pleaded not guilty.

His father, Colin Gray, also faces more than two dozen charges, including two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors claimed he gave his son access to guns despite “sufficient warning” that the then-14-year-old would hurt others.

Colin Gray also pleaded not guilty.

Tags: Arrest, Georgia, Gun violence, Murder, School Shooting, schools, shooting, teenagers

[Craig]

SCHOOL AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WERE CANCELED THURSDAY AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL – WHERE A TEEN GUNMAN OPENED FIRE IN SEPTEMBER, KILLING FOUR PEOPLE – AFTER A 14-YEAR-OLD WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY FOR BRINGING A GUN TO THE SAME SCHOOL.

THE STUDENT – WHO IS NOT BEING IDENTIFIED BECAUSE OF HIS AGE – IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF POSSESSING A WEAPON ON SCHOOL GROUNDS, THEFT AND BEING A MINOR IN POSSESSION OF A GUN.

BARROW COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE BOY WAS ARRESTED “WITHOUT INCIDENT” YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL… AND SAID THERE HAD BEEN QUOTE “NO REPORTS OF THE STUDENT THREATENING ANYONE WITH THE GUN.”

THEY DID NOT SAY WHAT KIND OF GUN IT WAS OR WHAT LED UP TO THE ARREST.

IN SEPTEMBER, THEN-14-YEAR-OLD COLD GRAY IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS AND WOUNDING SEVERAL OTHERS AT THAT SCHOOL.

GRAY WAS CHARGED AS AN ADULT AND INDICTED ON 55 COUNTS – INCLUDING MURDER AND 25 COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY.

HIS FATHER, COLIN GRAY, IS ALSO FACING MORE THAN TWO DOZEN CHARGES – INCLUDING TWO COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND TWO COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AFTER PROSECUTORS SAY HE LET HIS SON HAVE ACCESS TO GUNS – DESPITE HAVEN GOTTEN QUOTE “SUFFICIENT WARNING” COLT WOULD HURT OTHERS.

COLIN GRAY HAS ALSO PLEADED NOT GUILTY.

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