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Thursday, September 5, 2024
14-year-old gunman kills at least four, including two students, in US school shooting
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WINDER, United States — A 14-year-old gunman has killed at least four people, including two students, and wounded nine more when he opened fire at a high school in the US state of Georgia yesterday, according to law enforcement.
The shooter — also a student at the school — has been taken into custody. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says he will be charged with murder and tried as an adult.
Two teachers are also among the dead.
After the latest chapter in America’s gun violence crisis — nearly 400 mass shootings this year alone, by one tally — people gather at a sports field outside Apalachee High School, some forming a circle with their arms linked.
The shooting occurred near the town of Winder, about 70 kilometers (45 miles) northeast of Atlanta, the state capital.
This year, there have been at least 384 mass shootings — defined as a shooting involving at least four victims, dead or wounded — across the United States, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
At least 11,557 people have been killed in firearms violence this year in the United States, according to the GVA.
The Times of Israel Community.