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News Articles: school shooting

A memorial is seen at Apalachee High School after the Wednesday school shooting, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Ga.

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Mom of suspect in Georgia school shooting indicted and is accused of taping a parent to a chair

The mother of a Georgia teenager charged with fatally shooting four people at his high school has been indicted in connection with an alleged domestic incident last year. The indictment charging 43-year-old Marcee Gray in Ben Hill County appears unrelated to the Sept. 4 shootings at Apalachee High School.

September 23, 2024
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Autum Humphries, a student at the Morgan Oliver School, speaks to legislators during a meeting at the state Capitol, where children spoke to legislators about gun violence, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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Young students protest against gun violence at Georgia Senate meeting

Students as young as five demanded stricter gun laws Thursday at the Georgia Capitol, weeks after a deadly school shooting northeast of Atlanta. They marched around the building and into the a senate committee meeting on safe gun storage legislation.

September 20, 2024
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Those in attendance at the prayer vigil pictured at Jug Tavern Park in Winder. Grant Blankenship/GPB News

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Georgia’s top GOP lawmaker seeks tougher action against students who make threats. But it may not make schools safer

To deter violence, research suggests the best strategy is not harsh punishment for threats but a different tactic, one based on decades of interviews with mass shooters, political assassins and people who survived attacks: threat assessments.

September 16, 2024
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A memorial is seen at Apalachee High School after the Wednesday school shooting, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Ga.

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Apalachee shooting prosecution a 'leap forward' in American law, legal expert says

Emory University School of Law professor John Acevedo answers thorny legal questions coming out of the shooting in Winder.

September 16, 2024
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  • Orlando Montoya
A memorial is seen at Apalachee High School after the Wednesday school shooting, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Ga.

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Apalachee High School security alert technology may have saved lives. How does it work?

Law enforcement officials have praised technology used by Barrow County schools for enabling a swift response to the shooting earlier this month at Apalachee High School.

September 13, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and First Lady of Georgia Marty Kemp arrive Monday morning at First Baptist Church in downtown Columbus, Georgia for the memorial service for Georgia Rep. Richard Smith. 02/05/2024 Mike Haskey/Ledger-Enquirer

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Gov. Brian Kemp comments on Apalachee shooting during visit to Macon. See what he said.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp commented on the shooting at Apalachee High School during a stop in Macon on Thursday.

September 13, 2024
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  • Lucinda Warnke
Community members and students gather around a flagpole on the Apalachee High School campus near Winder, Georgia, on Sept. 8, leaving flowers and messages to memorialize the four people killed in the Sept. 4 shooting there.

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‘What happens three months from now?’ Mental health after Georgia high school shooting

The recent shooting at Apalachee High School outside of Atlanta caused more than physical wounds. Medical experts worry a lack of mental health resources in the community — and in Georgia as a whole — means few options for those trying to cope with trauma from the shooting.

September 13, 2024
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Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, announces plans for an increased state income tax deduction for children Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at the state Capitol in Atlanta. The increased deduction could save parents about $55 per child per year, or about $150 million statewide.

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Georgia Republican leader seeks policy changes after school shooting but Democrats want more

Georgia's state House speaker says lawmakers in 2025 will consider new policies after a school shooting killed four at a high school northeast of Atlanta. But Republican Jon Burns is stopping short of Democratic demands.

September 13, 2024
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A memorial is seen at Apalachee High School after the Wednesday school shooting, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Winder, Ga.

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Most students in a Georgia school district hit by a shooting will return to class Tuesday

Many students in Georgia's Barrow County are headed back to class Tuesday. The return comes six days after a shooting killed two teachers and two students at the school district's Apalachee High School northeast of Atlanta.

September 10, 2024
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People hold candles during a vigil following the shooting at Apalachee High School, at Jug Tavern Park in Winder, Georgia, U.S. September 6, 2024. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

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Why a warning from the suspect's mother wasn't enough to stop the Georgia school shooting

New details are emerging in the deadly shooting at a Georgia high school that took the lives of four people and injured nine others. The mother of the 14-year-old suspect reportedly contacted the school 30 minutes before the shooting began to warn of an "emergency" regarding her son and asked a counselor to find him. William Brangham discussed more with Chase McGee of Georgia Public Broadcasting.

September 09, 2024
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  • William Brangham and
  • Karina Cuevas
The Barrow County Community Recovery Center opened in Winder on Monday, September 9, 2024 to help the community following the Apalachee High School shooting. Chase McGee/GPB News

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GEMA opens center in Barrow County to help with community needs after high school shooting

After last week’s mass shooting in Winder, Ga., state officials are mobilizing a response to help a Barrow County community in mourning.

September 09, 2024
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At left, a simulated school building's map rendered by Critical Response Group uses grid navigation and a standardized orientation of north facing up. At right, a traditional architectural blueprint of the same building shows what school districts without critical incident mapping use during emergencies.

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Military-style maps on file at Savannah schools to hasten response time in event of shooting

A company with military special operations veterans was consulted to create the maps.

September 09, 2024
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins warms up, while wearing an Apalachee High School T-shirt following a recent school shooting there, before an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Atlanta Falcons wear T-shirts honoring school shooting victims before season opener

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins and head coach Raheen Morris wore Apalachee High School T-shirts during warmups before the NFL team's season opener, honoring the victims of a fatal shooting.

September 09, 2024
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Students and parents file out of the campus of Appalachee HIgh School in Winder, Ga., after being released from lockdown following the school shooting there Sept. 4, 2024.

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GPB evening headlines for September 6, 2024

The Apalachee high school student accused of killing two of his fellow students and two teachers appeared in court today along with his father who also faces charges. 

Presidential campaigns weigh in on gun policy.

September 06, 2024
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Colt Gray, charged as an adult with four counts of murder, sits in a Barrow County courtroom on Friday during his first appearance for the Wednesday shooting at Apalachee High School, in Winder, Ga.

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The Georgia high school shooting suspect won't face death penalty, judge says

The father and son arrested in connection with the Apalachee High School shooting appeared in Georgia court for separate hearings on Friday. They will remain in custody as the investigation continues.

September 06, 2024
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