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Four radical were killed successful a shooting astatine Apalachee High School successful Winder, Georgia, connected Wednesday morning, aggregate instrumentality enforcement sources told ABC News.
Approximately 20 others were injured, but the types of injuries and their severity were not instantly clear, the sources said.
One fishy is successful custody, the Barrow County Sheriff's Office said.
Authorities supply update connected shooting astatine Apalachee High School
Senior Sergio Caldera, 17, said helium was successful chemistry people erstwhile helium heard gunshots.
"My teacher goes and opens the doorway to spot what's going on. Another teacher comes moving successful and tells her to adjacent the doorway due to the fact that there's an progressive shooter," Caldera told ABC News.
He said his teacher locked the doorway and the students ran to the backmost of the room. Caldera said they heard screams from extracurricular arsenic they "huddled up."
Students are seen extracurricular Apalachee High School successful Winder, Ga., connected Sept. 4, 2024.
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At immoderate point, Caldera said idiosyncratic pounded connected his schoolroom doorway and shouted "open up!" aggregate times. When the knocking stopped, Caldera said helium heard much gunshots and screams.
He said his people aboriginal evacuated to the shot field.
A grandma was relieved to perceive that her 3 grandchildren were harmless aft a schoolhouse shooting successful Winder, Georgia.
Kyson Stancion said helium was successful people erstwhile helium heard gunshots and "heard constabulary scream, telling somebody, 'There's a shooting going on, get down, get backmost successful the classroom.'"
"I was frightened due to the fact that I've ne'er been successful a schoolhouse shooting," helium told ABC News.
"Everybody was crying. My teacher tried to support everybody safe," helium added.
Police are seen extracurricular Apalachee High School successful Winder, Ga., connected Sept. 4, 2024.
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Apalachee High School was "cleared for dismissal" and each different Barrow County Schools are connected a "soft lockdown," the Barrow County School District said.
"The Barrow County Sheriff's Office says this is for the information of everyone close now. Please bash not sojourn your child's schoolhouse astatine this time. We cannot merchandise students during a lockdown," the schoolhouse territory said successful a statement. "We volition fto you cognize arsenic soon arsenic BCSO says it is each wide for dismissal."
Winder is astir 45 miles extracurricular of Atlanta. The schoolhouse enrolls astir 1,900 students.
Police are seen extracurricular Apalachee High School successful Winder, Ga., connected Sept. 4, 2024.
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris person been briefed connected the shooting, according to the White House.
Agents from the FBI and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are astatine the scene.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said, "I'm devastated for the families who person been affected by this unspeakable tragedy. The Justice Department stands acceptable to supply immoderate resources oregon support."
Attorney General Merrick Garland said, "I'm devastated for the families who person been affected by this unspeakable tragedy. The Justice Department stands acceptable to supply immoderate resources oregon support."
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said he's "praying for the information of those successful our classrooms, some successful Barrow County and crossed the state."
In Atlanta, authorities volition "bolster patrols" astir schools connected Wednesday "out of an abundance of caution," Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said successful a statement.
"My prayers are with the precocious schoolhouse students, unit and families affected by the senseless enactment of unit successful Winder," Dickens said.
So acold successful 2024 determination person been 385 wide shootings arsenic of September 4, including this latest 1 successful Georgia, according to the ABC News information team.
This is Georgia's 16th wide shooting truthful acold this year.
This clip past twelvemonth determination were 485 wide shootings.
The Gun Violence Archive, which defines a wide shooting arsenic 1 with 4 oregon much radical injured oregon killed - not including the perpetrator - counted 656 Mass Shootings successful 2023, 646 successful 2022, 689 successful 2021 and 610 successful 2020.
This is simply a processing story. Please cheque backmost for updates.
ABC News' Josh Margolin and Miles Cohen contributed to this report.
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