14-Year-Old Teenager Opens Fire At Georgia High School: Kills Teacher And Student, Injures Nine People

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JAKARTA - Two students and two teachers were killed when a 14-year-old student shot at a Georgia SMA, United States on Wednesday, and injured nine others, authorities said.

The shooting was the first in a new academic year in the US, a clear reminder of the threat of gun violence in schools and universities across the country.

The incident killed four people at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, while nine people were taken to hospital with multiple gunshot wounds, investigators said at a news conference.

The suspect, identified asANG Gray (14), a student at the school, was detained and will be charged and tried as an adult, Chris Hosey, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The suspect spoke with investigators, but they declined to say if they knew what motivated him. They also did not say what kind of weapon was used in the shooting.

"What we are seeing behind us is a bad thing today," Sheriff Jud Smith said at a brief press conference on the school grounds.

Smith said his deputy quickly responded to the shooting after the sheriff's office received news about an active shooter at around 10:20 a.m. local time.

The armed student was intercepted by a deputy at the school and the boy immediately fell down and gave up, Smith said.

ABC News quoted a witness, student Sergio Caldera, who said he was in chemical class when he heard gunshots. Caldera, 17, told ABC his teacher opened the door and another teacher ran in to tell him to close the door "because there was an active shooter."

When students and teachers gathered in the classroom, someone banged on the door and shouted several times for the door to open. When the tap stopped, Caldera heard more gunshots and screams. He said his class was then evacuated to the school football field.

The incident occurred at a school about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Atlanta.

Local TV stations broadcast pictures of parents lining up in cars on the street outside the school, hoping to reunite with their children.

The school, which last year had nearly 1,900 students, started class on August 1.