Georgia school shooting: FBI questioned gunman in 2023 for previous threats

THANKS. SEE YOU IN A BIT. LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THE 14 YEAR OLD STUDENT WHO OPENED FIRE AT A GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL WAS QUESTIONED LAST YEAR AFTER MAKING ONLINE SCHOOL SHOOTING THREATS. HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. FBI AGENTS SAY THEY INTERVIEWED HIM AND HIS FATHER AND THAT THEY WERE MADE AWARE HIS FATHER HAD HUNTING GUNS INSIDE THE HOME. AND LOCAL SCHOOLS WERE ALERTED TO THE THREAT FOR FURTHER MONITORING. AUTHORITIES SAY TODAY THAT TEENAGER OPENED FIRE IN HIS SCHOOL. FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED, TWO STUDENTS AND TWO TEACHERS. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL, ABOUT AN HOUR FROM ATLANTA. THE SHOOTER IS IN CUSTODY AND WILL BE CHARGED AS AN ADULT WITH MURDER. FOX'S STEVE HARRIGAN HAS THE LATEST. A COMMUNITY IN MOURNING AND A 14 YEAR OLD TEENAGER IN JAIL TONIGHT AFTER THE TEEN OPENED FIRE INSIDE HIS HIGH SCHOOL, KILLING MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND INJURING AT LEAST NINE OTHERS. IT HAPPENED AT APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SMALL TOWN OF WINDER, ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATLANTA. OF THOSE THAT WERE ARE DECEASED, TWO WERE STUDENTS AND TWO WERE TEACHERS. HERE AT THE AT THE SCHOOL. WHILE THERE IS STILL NO WORD ON A MOTIVE, POLICE SAY THE GUNMAN IS COOPERATING. HE REPORTEDLY VOLUNTARILY GAVE HIMSELF UP WHEN CONFRONTED BY A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER MOMENTS AFTER A REPORT OF SHOTS FIRED WENT OUT. THE SHOOTER WAS ARMED AND OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER ENGAGED HIM, AND THE SHOOTER QUICKLY REALIZED THAT IF HE DID NOT GIVE UP, THAT HE WOULD END WITH AN OS. AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. THE SHOOTING. LESS THAN ONE MONTH INTO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, LED TO A CHAOTIC SCENE. STUDENTS RUSHING TO SHELTER IN PLACE IN CLASSROOMS AS OFFICERS FROM MULTIPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SWARMED THE SCHOOL. WE WERE GOING ABOUT OUR DAY, AND THEN, LIKE THE FIRST SHOT, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR IS LIKE POP, POP. AND THEN AFTER THAT, LIKE OUR TEACHER WANTS TO, LIKE, SPY OUT THE WINDOW AND SHE'S LIKE, EVERYBODY GET DOWN. AND THEN YOU CAN HEAR LIKE POP, POP, POP, POP, POP, LIKE JUST GOING OFF. SCHOOLS IN THE BARROW COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL BE CLOSED THE REST OF THE WEEK AS POLICE GATHER EVIDENCE AND INTERVIEW STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF. THE FBI AND ATF WILL BE ASSISTING WITH THAT WORK. PRIORITY RIGHT NOW FOR US WITHIN THIS INVESTIGATION IS TO GATHER ALL THE FACTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCURATE WITH IT, BECAUSE THIS IS A MURDER INVESTIGATION. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY PLAN TO CHARGE THE SUSPECT WITH MURDER AND TR

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