WINDER, GA - Reports following the attack on Apalachee High School, which claimed the lives of two students and two teachers, have revealed that two school resource officers (SROs) were instrumental in bringing the 14-year-old suspect's deadly rampage to an end.
Officers Tanner Good and Brandon King responded rapidly to the school's security breach according to witnesses, and were credited with saving the lives of potentially dozens of students and teachers.
As reported by WRDW, teacher Stephen Kreyenbuhl told reporters that the officers responded extremely fast to the alarm. “Response was very fast from our SROs, probably with a matter of, you know, probably 120 seconds after gunfire, the SROs responded to the individual and made sure that he was put into custody," he explained.
He went on to tell the press that teachers at the Georgia school are each equipped with a digital card that allows them to trip an emergency alarm to school administrators and law enforcement. The device is simple to operate with four presses of the key alerting school administrators to an issue, and eight alerting law enforcement to an imminent threat.
Kreyenbuhl continued, “I actually saw lockdown initiate before I even heard gunshots, so I had time to prepare. Someone saw the threat even before he started to engage, so it’s almost like we knew before anything truly even happened - before lives were taken. It’s insane, the technology that we have access to.”
According to Atlanta News First, the suspect, Colt Gray, 14, was apprehended by Officers Good and King. Unfortunately, in those two minutes, Gray was able to shoot and kill Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both also 14, and teachers Christina Irimie, 53, and Richard Aspinwall, 39, in addition to wounding nine others.
Gray's father, 54-year-old Colin Gray, was also arrested and charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder, and eight counts of cruelty to children.
GBI Director Chris Hosey explained at a press conference that Colin Gray “knowingly allowed” his son to possess a weapon. Colt Gray is in custody and will be until he is 17 years of age, a GBI spokesman told CNN. He is facing four counts of felony murder and will be charged as an adult automatically under Georgia law.
During the press conference, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith lauded the efforts of Officers Good and King and said, “Obviously the shooter was armed, and our School Resource Officer engaged him, and the shooter quickly realized that if he did not give up, that it would end with an officer-involved shooting.”
According to Fox35, Sherrif Smith said that Gray “gave up, got on the ground, and the deputy took him into custody.”
Officers Tanner Good and Brandon King responded rapidly to the school's security breach according to witnesses, and were credited with saving the lives of potentially dozens of students and teachers.
As reported by WRDW, teacher Stephen Kreyenbuhl told reporters that the officers responded extremely fast to the alarm. “Response was very fast from our SROs, probably with a matter of, you know, probably 120 seconds after gunfire, the SROs responded to the individual and made sure that he was put into custody," he explained.
He went on to tell the press that teachers at the Georgia school are each equipped with a digital card that allows them to trip an emergency alarm to school administrators and law enforcement. The device is simple to operate with four presses of the key alerting school administrators to an issue, and eight alerting law enforcement to an imminent threat.
Kreyenbuhl continued, “I actually saw lockdown initiate before I even heard gunshots, so I had time to prepare. Someone saw the threat even before he started to engage, so it’s almost like we knew before anything truly even happened - before lives were taken. It’s insane, the technology that we have access to.”
The Barrow County Sherrif's Office in Georgia state has released the booking photos of the 14-year-old accused of carrying out a deadly mass shooting at a school on Sept. 4.
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Suspect Colt Gray was on the radar of the FBI for allegedly making online threats to shoot up a school… pic.twitter.com/xmcVwrGt2e
According to Atlanta News First, the suspect, Colt Gray, 14, was apprehended by Officers Good and King. Unfortunately, in those two minutes, Gray was able to shoot and kill Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both also 14, and teachers Christina Irimie, 53, and Richard Aspinwall, 39, in addition to wounding nine others.
Gray's father, 54-year-old Colin Gray, was also arrested and charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder, and eight counts of cruelty to children.
GBI Director Chris Hosey explained at a press conference that Colin Gray “knowingly allowed” his son to possess a weapon. Colt Gray is in custody and will be until he is 17 years of age, a GBI spokesman told CNN. He is facing four counts of felony murder and will be charged as an adult automatically under Georgia law.
During the press conference, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith lauded the efforts of Officers Good and King and said, “Obviously the shooter was armed, and our School Resource Officer engaged him, and the shooter quickly realized that if he did not give up, that it would end with an officer-involved shooting.”
According to Fox35, Sherrif Smith said that Gray “gave up, got on the ground, and the deputy took him into custody.”
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