Crime & Public Safety

Georgia school shooting: New details released ahead of reopening

Bullet found days after shooting in hallway, report states
Apalachee High School students returned to the Barrow County campus for the first time Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 after police say a 14-year-old student shot and killed four people at the school on Sept. 4. Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith called the return “a huge step for us healing” in a briefing with reporters ahead of an open house for students. (John Spink/AJC)
Apalachee High School students returned to the Barrow County campus for the first time Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 after police say a 14-year-old student shot and killed four people at the school on Sept. 4. Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith called the return “a huge step for us healing” in a briefing with reporters ahead of an open house for students. (John Spink/AJC)
Sept 23, 2024

Weeks after the shooting at Apalachee High School, the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office has released an incident report that provides new details about the deadliest school shooting in state history.

The school reopens Tuesday.

Among new details in the report, which includes information from four officers:

In court filings, the Piedmont Judicial Circuit District Attorney office has asked Gray, including Colt’s father, Colin Gray, and their attorneys to have no contact with a number of the victims. Colin Gray was arrested the day after the shooting and charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children.

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Jozsef Papp is a crime and public safety reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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