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Gun found on student at Apalachee High School
Classes at Apalachee High School are canceled Thursday after deputies say a student brought a gun to school. Barrow County deputies say they arrested a 14-year-old boy just after 2 p.m. Deputies say the teen complied with them.
BARROW COUNTY, Ga. - An Apalachee High School student was arrested Wednesday afternoon for bringing a gun to school, according to the Barrow County Sheriff's Office. This comes just months after a deadly mass shooting was carried out at the same school in September.
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School resource officers took a 14-year-old boy into custody at 2:02 p.m. Officials said he was cooperative and compliant once they approached him. He was charged with two counts of possession of a weapon on school grounds, theft by taking, and minor in possession of a firearm.
The arrested student's identity will not be released due to his age. He has since been taken to the Regional Youth Detention Center (RYDC).
No injuries were reported as a result of the incident.
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Apalachee High School cancels class
School officials confirmed school would be canceled on Thursday, Jan. 9. A previously scheduled open house and all on-campus extracurricular activities have also been canceled.
Basketball at Winder-Barrow High School and wrestling at Habersham Central will still run as scheduled.
Apalachee High School shooting: 4 months later
On the morning of Sept. 4, 2024, an armed suspect, later identified as 14-year-old Apalachee High School student Colt Gray, opened fire at school, killing four people and injuring nine others.
The GBI identified the victims as Richard Aspinwall and Christina Irimie, both math teachers, and students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14 years old.
Apalachee High School was closed for nearly three weeks after the tragedy unfolded. During that time, the entire nation grieved with members of the greater-Winder community.
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The Rock attends first Apalachee High home game
In Barrow County, it was an emotional return to the home field for Apalachee High School’s football team. It was exactly one month since the mass shooting. Hundreds packed the stands including a big celebrity: The Rock.
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Just two days after the shooting, Colt Gray made his first court appearance in Barrow County. He faces 55 charges, including four counts of murder, four counts of felony murder, four counts of aggravated battery, 25 counts of aggravated assault, and 18 counts of cruelty to children in the first degree.
His father, Colin Gray, was also arrested for allowing his son to have a gun. He faces 29 charges, including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.
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Barrow County BOE holds safety meeting after shooting
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Continued calls for change in wake Apalachee shooting
Apalachee High School students, parents, and staff confronted the Barrow County Board of Education demanding action to keep kids safe. In September, a shooter walked into the school and killed two students and two adults. The district says it added additional resource officers, but some say it's not enough.
This most recent incident also comes just a day after Barrow County community members confronted the Barrow Board of Education with some of their concerns about safety in their schools.
Since the violence, officials say they've increased the number of resource officers on campuses and added classroom phones for teachers, but some in the community want more done.
Parents have said they've been left in the dark, and teachers say they are not getting the support they need.
Barrow County School Superintendent Dallas LeDuff told the crowd that he knew there was still work to do.
They say they will present data from that survey during a work session later in January.
FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Content Creator Dan Raby and reporter Rob DiRienzo contributed to this report.
The Source: This article is based on a press release on the arrest by the Barrow County Sheriff's Office, as well as previous FOX 5 Atlanta reports.