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(NewsNation) — Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said Wednesday's shooting astatine Apalachee High School that near 4 dormant and 9 injured was an enactment of "pure evil" and vowed "hate volition not prevail."
"Love volition prevail implicit what happened today, I guarantee you of that,” Smith said astatine an afternoon quality conference.
The calamity deed adjacent to location for Smith, a lifelong Barrow County nonmigratory whose children are successful the schoolhouse system.
"My bosom hurts for these kids, my bosom hurts for our community, but I privation to marque it precise wide that hatred volition not prevail successful this county," helium said.
Authorities person named 14-year-old Apalachee pupil Colt Gray arsenic the suspect. Gray was taken into custody aft giving himself up to a schoolhouse assets officer.
"Our schoolhouse assets serviceman engaged him and the shooter rapidly realized that if helium did not springiness up, that it would extremity with an OIS — an Officer Involved Shooting. He gave up, got connected the crushed and the lawman took him into custody,” Smith said.
Gray is expected to beryllium charged with execution and tried arsenic an adult, according to instrumentality enforcement.
Two students and 2 teachers were killed successful the shooting, though it's unclear if immoderate of the victims were specifically targeted, Smith said.
Apalachee High School is successful Winder, Georgia, astir 50 miles northeast of Atlanta. The schoolhouse has astir 1,900 students.
Classes crossed the schoolhouse territory person been canceled for the remainder of the week, but grief counselors volition beryllium available, according to territory officials.
