The gunman who killed two students and two teachers at a Georgia high school has been charged with murder, authorities said.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the gunman who opened fire at Apalachee High School in Winder as 14-year-old Colt Gray.

Gray visited the school and was arrested, the GBI said. A motive has not yet been determined.

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A Georgia sheriff called Wednesday’s high school shooting, which left two students and two teachers dead and nine others injured, an act of “pure evil.”

Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith spoke to reporters hours after a gunman opened fire at Apalachee High School.

“I never thought in my career that I would be talking to the media about something that happened today. The sheer evil that happened today,” Smith said. “My heart hurts for these children. My heart hurts for this community.”

Colt Gray, 14, a high school student, was identified as the shooter. A school resource officer was able to persuade Gray to surrender moments after he opened fire, saving lives, authorities said.

The teenager was subsequently arrested.

Investigators were unsure how Gray brought the gun onto campus or how he obtained it. He was questioned by authorities, Smith said.

Investigators are still trying to determine if anyone specifically was targeted, but they are not aware of any known connection between Gray and the victims.

Authorities “looked into every aspect of that individual, his connection here at the school,” said Chris Hosey, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The Barrow County School System will close all schools for the remainder of the week, according to Dallas LeDuff, the county’s schools superintendent.

LeDuff said schools will remain closed as long as the district “fully cooperates with law enforcement” and that grief counseling will be available.

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Fox News correspondent Jonathan Serrie was a guest on “Your World” to provide the latest updates on the Apalachee High School shooting.

During the segment, Serrie presented cellphone video footage from the scene of the shooting, which showed students forming a line to leave the school.

The teens and adults were eerily calm in the footage. On Wednesday afternoon, authorities announced that at least four people were killed in the shooting.

A school resource officer was able to get the shooter to surrender just after he opened fire, saving lives, authorities said.

Colt Gray, 14, killed four people and wounded nine others at Apalachee High School, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported Wednesday.

“The shooter was armed and our school resource officer engaged him,” said Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith. “The shooter quickly realized that if he didn’t give up, it was going to end in an OIS (officer-involved shooting).”

Gray surrendered, lay down on the ground and was arrested.

Authorities aren’t sure how Gray brought the gun onto campus or how he obtained it. Gray has been interviewed by investigators, Smith said. Investigators are still trying to determine if anyone was targeted.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) released a statement Wednesday afternoon regarding the Apalachee High School shooting.

In a statement, the Louisiana Republican condemned the mass shooting, calling it a “terrible tragedy.”

“Our prayers go out to the Apalachee High School community today, and especially to the victims and their families who experienced this terrible tragedy,” Johnson said.

“The officers of the Winder Police Department are to be commended for their swift action in apprehending the suspect,” the congressman added. “May justice be served swiftly here.”

Former President Trump addressed the Apalachee High School shooting in a social media post on Wednesday, using the platform to express his condolences to the community of Winder, Georgia.

On Truth Social, the Republican presidential candidate called the shooting, which left at least four people dead and at least nine injured, “tragic.”

“Our thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones affected by the tragic event in Winder, Georgia,” Trump wrote.

“These beloved children were taken from us far too soon by a sick and deranged monster,” he added.

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Gwendlyn Cook, grandmother of three at Apalachee High School, was interviewed by Fox News hosts John Roberts and Sandra Smith following the deadly school shooting on Wednesday.

Cook described the chaos she saw after a gunman opened fire, killing at least four people.

“When I got there, all I saw were a lot of parents who were really panicking,” Cook explained. “They were running. They were crying. They were screaming because, you know, things like that don’t happen here. So it was very different for a lot of us.”

The grandmother added that her eldest granddaughter texted her saying there was a “serious lockdown.”

“She said, ‘We just heard a gunshot right outside our classroom,'” Cook explained. “So their teacher went to lock the door, and they were screaming and yelling and crying and everything in the classroom. And she told me she hid behind the teacher’s desk.”

“But the kids were all over the classroom,” the Georgia resident added. “But I do think the teachers locked the door.”

Georgia authorities have not released the identities of the dead and injured victims of the Apalachee High School shooting, but one woman came forward saying her father had been shot.

In a public post on Facebook on Wednesday, a woman named Katie Phenix explained that her father, David Phenix, had been shot at school.

“We are so grateful for all the texts, calls and messages regarding my father, David Phenix,” the daughter wrote. “There was a shooting at Apalachee High School this morning and my father was shot in the foot and hip shattering his hip bone.”

“He arrived at the hospital awake and alert. He just came out of surgery and is stable,” she added. “We will update as we hear more information. We are so lucky, but please keep our family and the AHS family in your prayers.”

President Biden issued a statement in response to the shooting at a Georgia high school that left four people dead and dozens injured, condemning gun violence.

“Jill and I mourn the deaths of those whose lives were cut short by yet more senseless gun violence and think of all the survivors whose lives were changed forever,” Biden said in a statement.

“What should have been a joyous start to the school year in Winder, Georgia, has now turned into yet another horrific reminder of how gun violence continues to tear our communities apart. Students across the country are being taught how to duck and cover instead of how to read and write. We can no longer accept this as normal,” Biden continued.

Read the full article about President Biden by Stepheny Price

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Vice President Kamala Harris called Wednesday’s shooting that left four people dead at a Georgia high school a “senseless tragedy” that must stop.

The Democratic presidential candidate was giving a speech in New Hampshire when she called for action to address gun violence.

“It’s just outrageous that parents in our country, in the United States of America, have to send their children to school every day worrying whether their child will come home alive,” she said.

She added that “it doesn’t have to be this way.”

She said she traveled around the country last year, meeting with students from trade schools and colleges and asking if they should participate in an active shooter drill.

“Every time the room was full and almost every hand went up,” she said.

Text messages from a student to his mother reveal the horror unfolding at a Georgia high school, where authorities have confirmed four people have been killed and dozens more injured in a shooting.

“School shooting now. I’m scared. Please I’m not kidding,” read the text messages posted by Erin Clark.

The mother then responds to her son and says she is leaving work.

“I love you,” the student says to his mother.

She says the same back and asks where he is.

“Class. Someone is dead,” the student replies.

Read the full article on the Georgia school shooting by Stepheny Price

At least four people were killed Wednesday after a shooting at a north-central Georgia high school put the building on lockdown, authorities said.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation confirmed that four people died at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, Georgia — about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta — and nine others were taken to various hospitals with injuries. The suspect is alive and in custody.

“At approximately 10:23 p.m., officers from multiple law enforcement agencies and fire/ambulance personnel were dispatched to the high school in reference to a reported active shooter,” the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Read the full article about Apalachee High School by Timothy HJ Nerozzi and Stephen Sorace